This is an outdated take. The left-pad incident was 7 years ago, and newer mainstream packages are generally doing a better job curating dependencies. That sai

This is an outdated take. The left-pad incident was 7 years ago, and newer mainstream packages are generally doing a better job curating dependencies. That said, it is true that the Node/JS world is primarily hype-driven by "thought leaders" and people seeking personal brand and clout. Go on JS/React Twitter and prepare to loudly groan at the self importance on display. There are good packages out there that try to do things in a sane way without wasting your time. Postgres.js [1] is one of them. [1] https://github.com/porsager/postgres https://github.com/porsager/postgres