Basically it was a two liner dependency and how npm works it doesn’t cache and always downloads all dependencies fresh. This lead to 440GB/Month of traffic in a lage project.
Instead of removing a dependency we should just accept that the entire JS ecosystem is a total ****show and start over
Not just that, but the standard library and core language semantics like equality are also a total shit show.
Just use pnpm instead of npm
It’s interesting as a subject but I dislike this as a presentation format.
This is the video equivalent of “this meeting could have been an email”.
Also his voice and cadence are irritating, but I recognise that that’s a personal gripe. Certainly an “old man shouts at cloud” moment but coked up youtuber energy isn’t my jam.