[lukevp]

I think the problem is, JS is actually quite a minimal language as far as standard library is concerned. Node is a good runtime (as is deno), but imho, they really missed the boat on building a standard library and making it a real ecosystem. .NET, Java, and Python, arguably the top most used languages besides JS, have an insanely more extensive standard library than JS does.

Packages built by 3rd parties are the Wild West, and unless they’re a full-on company of dedicated, experienced engineers, they’re gonna break semver best practices. They’ll also design bad APIs for interacting with their packages sometimes, and there will be a total lack of consistency across the ecosystem, which is what we have currently.

If I had more free time, building a stdlib for JS would be high on the list of “help the world” activities.