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Axios really does a lot of other great things. I would argue that Fetch could’ve easily been Axios-lite. Axios handles errors better, has interceptors, parses JSON for you, etc.

The multiple supply chain attacks against NPM packages would, of course, be solved if we simply stop using third-party libraries.

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I guess the point I’m making is that a lot of popular JavaScript libraries were created to address deficiencies in the core api that don’t exist anymore, but we keep using these libraries mostly because of entropy and familiarity.

True. In my case it’s also out of general tiredness and disinterest. A good newsletter that catches up on useful things in the ecosystem might help, otherwise I can’t be bothered anymore to keep up. 5 years ago that still seemed like a good way to spend my time. I wonder if other developers are just as jaded.

parse json?

const x = await fetch(...); await x.json();

"intercept" code that runs before every request?

const withAuth = (res, options) => fetch(res, { ... do stuff here });

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