[noir_lord]

That 200k figure isn't very comparable to other languages either as there are a lot of pacakages that just do a tiny thing and a hell if a lot of overlap in packages.

While that's got upsides I must admit I prefer one or two relatively complete and stable packages over way more numerically but leas stable complete packages.

But I come from a desktop background so I'm spoilt in that regard I guess.

I view every additional depency as a weakness a year from now.

[spronkey]

Completely agree. Maintaining a node project is a nightmare job if you rely on any more than a trivial number of packages. The ecosystem is quicksand.

[noir_lord]

More akin to standing in quick sand while someone sets you fire and a succession of literal band wagons drives past ;).