[taurath]

I installed ESLint into a new project and my package.lock file expanded to 3000 lines. I understand what problem it was trying to solve but the sheer inelegance of it sort of gives everything a jank feel, like you have no idea what’s running.

Or perhaps it’s more that it’s exposing a bunch of things that are hidden or tucked in standard libraries in other languages.

[nsonha]

hep me understand this. I need a binary called eslint. I put its version x as a dependency. why can't i just get a fat eslint@x blob of code? Why do I have to care to fetch all eslint's dependencies? is this because they don't "bundle" things like eslint? Should they then?