[jaredklewis]

There most certainly are already packages that do this, as well as countless projects with a util.js file implementing a hodgepodge of such functions that are standards in many languages. But as a programmer I would say my biggest complaint against JS is the miserably small standard library. Thus every project has its own set of dependencies that have their own APIs. Two projects from different JS ecosystems are as different as projects in different languages altogether.

There are trade offs to be sure, but I prefer the languages (and in this case platforms) that have batteries included.

[amelius]

> Thus every project has its own set of dependencies that have their own APIs.

Yes, this means that if your project depends on ten other projects, and all ten projects implement their own copy-file routine, your project will end up with ten copy-file routines.