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While you are correct, the problem compounds when popular package developers choose to use tiny packages. I don't need left-pad. But maybe I need react-starte
by baobabKoodaa 1y ago
While you are correct, the problem compounds when popular package developers choose to use tiny packages.
I don't need left-pad.
But maybe I need react-starter-kit.
Now, imagine that react-starter-kit has a dependency to markdown-js-blobber, which has a dependency to make-text-nice, which has a dependency to left-pad.
In this scenario I am now "pulling in a package to pad a string". If I am "smart enough to use a package manager", I should be "more than capable to write..." an alternative to react-starter-kit..?
- jstanley 1y agoThe onus there is on the "make-text-nice" developer, not an eventual user of "make-text-nice".
- yurishimo 1y agoI don't place any blame here on the person using `react-starter-kit` and I think you're being a bit obtuse to suggest otherwise. It's the original person who pulled in a package for <10 lines of code who is to blame.
- baobabKoodaa 1y agoI provided the real reason for the high download counts of these packages.