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I've tried the basics of building a package manager before for fun, and found it a much harder problem than I anticipated (as most things! that's why I experime
by franciscop 3y ago
I've tried the basics of building a package manager before for fun, and found it a much harder problem than I anticipated (as most things! that's why I experiment by trying to build them, to learn! And sometimes actually build them successfully [1]). So I do agree with the sentiment of finding someone qualified to actually build it and not just a generic dev.
Depending on your needs I'd first try to not need the expertise in the first place (a generic public package manager is much more complex than say, a tightly controlled plugin system), or try to leverage existing package managers/tooks.
If that fails/not possible, and you cannot find a proper fulltime dev, many open source devs working on these topics might be up for consulting, so I'd reach out to them to try to set the general guideliness/direction and then use in-house talent to fill in the gaps.
[1] https://umbrellajs.com/ https://umbrellajs.com/ as a clone/alternative to jQuery