Reading the "Technology Overview" section of the linked "How I built a modern website in 2021" [0] site is terrifying.

It lists something like 15-20 technologies to build the site. I guess most of them are beneficial, but... why are some so proud of how large their dependency tree is?

[0]: https://kentcdodds.com/blog/how-i-built-a-modern-website-in-...