Every time someone claims that "the problem" with software is too many dependencies, they're really arguing for software to remain at the "leeches for blood letting" stage of evolution. In all industries, we stand on the shoulders of giants by abstracting what we already know.
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I think it's reasonable to ask that we do a better job of identifying the equivalent of "experimental treatments" so people can do a proper risk assessment, but assuming that "everything published to npm" is automatically suspect is not the right heuristic.
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Replying to @wycats
distinguishing which shoulders are giants and which are randos, then
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Replying to @jasonkarns
Usually the giants are collective.
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