I don't believe it's an issue, as node modules tend to be far smaller in scope and have far fewer side-effects than Drupal modules. I personally find projects m

I don't believe it's an issue, as node modules tend to be far smaller in scope and have far fewer side-effects than Drupal modules. I personally find projects mostly via github. I try to avoid any project that tries to do too much. The moment it registers a route or renders a page, I'm gone. There is no 'node.js way' to do things, so you gain the freedom to find tools that work more closely to how you would like them to, instead of just being forced to integrate with the existing stuff "because it's there". There are no holy cows, or 'core that shall not be modified', because everything is small enough that they are easily forkable/hackable and you can easily maintain your own forks if you really had to. Npm can even use packages directly from github. NPM is a dream compared to drupal.org infra and the (albeit useful) hack that is drush-make.