Ah, culture... There is a law of the transition from quantity to quality by Hegel (http://www.pnas.org/content/97/23/12926 http://www.pnas.org/content/97/23/12

Ah, culture... There is a law of the transition from quantity to quality by Hegel (http://www.pnas.org/content/97/23/12926 http://www.pnas.org/content/97/23/12926). As soon as number (e.g. of modules in NPM base) reaches some point the overall quality changes dramatically. It is a step function - from good to bad. From enthusiastic acceptance to full rejection of NPM and similar code sharing mechanisms.