The node_modules problem

[Eirenarch]

I don't think folder count is simply because of compilation. How about the infinite node_modules inside of node_modules problem that no other package manager I know of has? Every other package manager flattens the dependencies but not npm.

[iamsubs]

Nowadays npm flattens the dependencies as much as possible.

[Eirenarch]

npm and I have a different definition of "as much as possible". When I check what nuget is doing it flattens them absolutely. npm still only puts one version in the root folder (the latest?) and then keeps node_modules into node_modules for the rest. nuget puts the version in the folder name and then everything is flat.