[anentropic]

I don't think they're wrong

the Jane Street side are quite prolific with blog posts etc

as a newcomer to OCaml one of the first, and nicer-looking, intro resources you'll likely encounter is the Real World OCaml book https://dev.realworldocaml.org/ which unfortunately does everything using Base instead of the stdlib

Personally that didn't sit right to me and I prefer to use the stdlib by default (which seems fine and not in need of a wholesale replacement)

[frou_dh]

There definitely is indeed a problem, namely a false perception that the stdlib is a moribund relic with one foot in the grave. What I'm saying is that it's fairly healthy and gets used plenty by general OCaml users.

[anentropic]

I totally agree

[l_theanine]

Are there some large users or projects that are committed to the stdlib and not Base that I could look into or read about?

Thanks in advance.