[ex3ndr]

You are saying it is like you don't have to put JDK to your Dockerized java apps. (pick any language you want that is not statically compiled)

[redthrowaway]

Nothing dockerized locally. This is a bare bones NextJS front end.

    $ npm list --depth=0
    <removed for opsec>
    ├── @babel/plugin-proposal-class-properties@7.8.3
    ├── @babel/plugin-proposal-decorators@7.8.3
    ├── @graphql-codegen/cli@1.13.2 extraneous
    ├── @graphql-codegen/core@1.13.2
    ├── @graphql-codegen/typescript@1.13.2
    ├── @graphql-codegen/typescript-graphql-request@1.13.2
    ├── @graphql-codegen/typescript-operations@1.13.2
    ├── @graphql-toolkit/core@0.10.3
    ├── @graphql-toolkit/url-loader@0.10.3
    ├── @types/lodash@4.14.149
    ├── @types/node@13.11.1
    ├── @types/react@16.9.34
    ├── @types/reactstrap@8.4.2
    ├── @zeit/next-css@1.0.1
    ├── @zeit/next-sass@1.0.1
    ├── babel-plugin-module-resolver@4.0.0
    ├── bootstrap@4.4.1
    ├── dotenv@8.2.0
    ├── express@4.17.1
    ├── UNMET PEER DEPENDENCY graphql@15.0.0
    ├── graphql-request@1.8.2
    ├── graphql-tag@2.10.3
    ├── helmet@3.22.0
    ├── isomorphic-unfetch@3.0.0
    ├── UNMET PEER DEPENDENCY jquery@1.9.1 - 3
    ├── lodash@4.17.15
    ├── mobx@5.15.4
    ├── mobx-react@6.1.8
    ├── next@9.3.4
    ├── next-fonts@1.0.3
    ├── node-sass@4.13.1
    ├── nodemon@2.0.2
    ├── react@16.13.1
    ├── react-dom@16.13.1
    ├── reactstrap@8.4.1
    ├── styled-components@5.0.1
    ├── styled-icons@10.2.1
    ├── ts-node@8.8.2
    └── typescript@3.8.3

[ex3ndr]

My point is that to avoid node_modules in other libraries you just install dependencies globally with JDK or like