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by ng12 2297 days ago
How big is the JDK? How big is Spring? Would you include both when calculating the size of a simple Java app that prints "Hello World"? Probably not.

Remember that node_modules contains the entire world: it contains your compilers, transpilers, development server, development toolchain, and runtime libraries. All software is built on the shoulders of giants and Node's only mistake was making it plainly visible.