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by lolc 910 days ago
In my view it is objectively wrong to create trivial npm packages yes. If we look at the npm ecosystem as a commons, that person is polluting it. Of course you could say it's namespaced to one account, so what's the harm? In my view, plenty:

- package searches will show these packages due to the inflated usage from transient deps.

- installs are slower due to the package noise.

- increased attack surface when they are used

- cultural normalization of throwaway packages

Probably more.