> a lot of JavaScript packages are written in awkward ways that makes lots of assumptions about the packages loaded, the order of the load, monkey patching requ

> a lot of JavaScript packages are written in awkward ways that makes lots of assumptions about the packages loaded, the order of the load, monkey patching require, and a whole lot of other oddities And therein lies the bigger problem. As long as this cancerous code style is tolerated, we'll be putting workarounds on top of other workarounds instead of making actual progress.