...By adding thousands of libs, turning node_modules into a multi GB folder. Oh, and each of which can be compromised by an unscrupulous actor.
Good luck auditing that.
Good luck auditing that.
.m2/repository is 5 gb on my machine.
Rust crates?
Go packages that are neatly tucked away too?
Node just makes it visible and in your face by putting the node_modules in you project directory.
Besides, what’s the alternative? Write stuff yourself? Put stuff in language stdlib? Even minimal service requires _a lot_ of things to do minimal stuff.