Also side note: there are plenty of names available on NPM. I have 69 (lol) packages on NOM. Only rarely is my first choice taken. Often if my first choice is

Also side note: there are plenty of names available on NPM. I have 69 (lol) packages on NOM. Only rarely is my first choice taken. Often if my first choice is taken I just try to get more specific about the name and the name actually gets better. The existential poverty of names is only an issue if you’re trying to name your stuff something cutesy and arbitrary, like “squeak”. If you just call the thing what it is you’ll have no trouble putting it in the public namespace.