I think that's a consequence of programmers making tools for programmers. It's something I've come to really dislike. Programmers are used to doing things like

I think that's a consequence of programmers making tools for programmers. It's something I've come to really dislike. Programmers are used to doing things like editing configurations, setting environment variables, or using custom code to solve a problem. As a result you get programs that can be configured, customized through code (scripting or extensions), and little tools to do whatever. This is not IMHO how good software should be designed to be used. On the positive side, we have some really good tooling - revision control in the software world is way beyond the equivalent in any other field. But then git could be used in other fields if not for it being a programmers tool designed by programmers... A lot of developers even have trouble doing things with git that are outside their daily use cases. Dependency management tools are tools that come about because it's easier and more natural for a programmer to write some code than solve a bigger problem. Easier to write a tool than write your own version of something or clean up a complex set of dependencies.