[PxldLtd]

That doesn't prevent supply chain attacks. Dev dependencies are still software dependencies and add a certain level of risk.

[arcfour]

This is needlessly pedantic unless you are writing from an OS, browser, etc. that you wrote entirely by yourself, without using an editor or linter or compiler not written by you, in which case I tip my cap to you.

[bakkoting]

Only in the sense that any other software on the developers' machines adds a certain level of risk.