Simply having a sane standard library (as packages) goes a long way to making package management nice. Because then most packages are level 2 depending only on

Simply having a sane standard library (as packages) goes a long way to making package management nice. Because then most packages are level 2 depending only on core libraries whose API rarely changes. Even JS/NPM, if it has this, would be a lot nicer to use. I find Python nicer than NPM just for this reason even though people grumble. And .NET even better. Elm is perhaps the best package manager because of the focus on developer experience there. Another good tip: have just one package manager for your ecosystem!