It is true that JS and the web + JS ecosystem is absolutely overloaded with “utility” dependencies like lodash or some weird fusion experiment in a way that Py

It is true that JS and the web + JS ecosystem is absolutely overloaded with “utility” dependencies like lodash or some weird fusion experiment in a way that Python or Java is not. I personally have implemented and removed a ton of dependencies in the latter two languages with little hassle - I’m aided by the fact that these languages support DI or hexagonal architecture and a good project layout can prevent something that I don’t need, care about, or understand from becoming ubiquitous and cumbersome as my codebase grows.