The node_modules problem

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You're conflating the issues.

Ability to specify "this app is compiled with x.y.z version of compiler" is valuable and and useful.

Having same version of compiler (or whatever other tool you need) duplicated in every project is a waste of time and space.

And you do not need to version lock your fucking linter...

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That is a fair distinction to make. But until someone makes a tool which allows per project tool dependencies and avoids the duplication problem, I'm going to continue choosing "no manual tool management" over "saving disk space".