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by potamic 269 days ago
> npx would resolve dependencies when the command is executed

I hate that this is becoming a thing. I was pretty miffed some time back when I realized go build just went ahead and installed a whole new version of golang on my machine. These are devtools ffs, why so much mollycoddling! And what happened to half a century of good conventions where the default is always to prompt?

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And what happened to half a century of good conventions where the default is always to prompt?

The good old "be careful what you wish for" :)