I parsed it wrong. I thought you essentially said "the things I build are definitely worse then relying on a collection of random internet dudes code through np

I parsed it wrong. I thought you essentially said "the things I build are definitely worse then relying on a collection of random internet dudes code through npm." But yes, GNU make, emacs, yacc, lex, bison, ar, nm, there's lots of great tools. It's 4am, I should sleep.