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speedgoose ◴[18 Nov 24 19:19 UTC] No.42175877[source]▶

I would heavily recommend to avoid NodeJS packages that depend on node-gyp. Node-gyp powered dependencies are very seldomly worth the hassle.

If you must depend on node-gyp, perhaps use dev containers so at least every developer in your team can work most of the time.

1. eterm ◴[18 Nov 24 20:05 UTC] No.42176323[source]▶

I don't even know what node-gyp is, but I know it appears regularly in error messages to know it causes problems.

I don't even develop against Node, it has just crept into our front-end build toolchain.

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2. philipwhiuk ◴[18 Nov 24 21:49 UTC] No.42177475[source]▶

It's the JS equivalent of allowing native bindings (like JNI in Java).

The tragedy of running an old Node project