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hacker_homie ◴[] No.45269580[source]
I’m not sure language package mangers were a good idea at all. Dependencies were supposed to be painful. If the language needed some functionality built in it was supposed to go into the standard library, I understand that for JS this isn’t feasible.
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1. 63 ◴[] No.45269671[source]
There was a very similar discussion on lobsters the other day. You might be interested in reading it.

In general, I agree with the idea that writing everything yourself results in a higher quantity of low quality software with security issues and bugs, as well as a waste of developers' time. That said, clearly supply chain attacks are a very real threat that needs to be addressed. I just don't think eliminating package managers is a good solution.

https://lobste.rs/s/zvdtdn