> This is why lately I’ve been a fan of very extensive standard libraries (like Crystal has) - its like having a huge repository but vetoed by the same team and

> This is why lately I’ve been a fan of very extensive standard libraries (like Crystal has) - its like having a huge repository but vetoed by the same team and without any of the package management drawbacks. Having had some involvement in the early days of node, I had imagined there being something like the Python stdlib. When the npm world grew, I thought "oh, that's pretty cool. It's neat how npm can handle multiple versions of the same package." Now, I'm in absolute agreement with you. There are definitely downsides to a large standard library, but I think the upsides are worth it if that library is maintained.