This is 22 years old, but still something I consider essential reading for developers. https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2000/04/06/things-you-should-never-do-par

This is 22 years old, but still something I consider essential reading for developers. https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2000/04/06/things-you-should-never-do-part-i/ https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2000/04/06/things-you-should-... TLDR: Starting from scratch is rarely a good idea. (just read it though, it's not that long). The fact is that there are lots of good npm packages that have had tons of time and effort put into them, and years of running in production to prove their worth. Yeah there are some dumb packages and micropackages seem like a mistake, but there's no reason to throw it all out.