[port11]

Axios really does a lot of other great things. I would argue that Fetch could’ve easily been Axios-lite. Axios handles errors better, has interceptors, parses JSON for you, etc.

The multiple supply chain attacks against NPM packages would, of course, be solved if we simply stop using third-party libraries.

[falkensmaize]

I guess the point I’m making is that a lot of popular JavaScript libraries were created to address deficiencies in the core api that don’t exist anymore, but we keep using these libraries mostly because of entropy and familiarity.

[port11]

True. In my case it’s also out of general tiredness and disinterest. A good newsletter that catches up on useful things in the ecosystem might help, otherwise I can’t be bothered anymore to keep up. 5 years ago that still seemed like a good way to spend my time. I wonder if other developers are just as jaded.

[schindlabua]

parse json?

const x = await fetch(...); await x.json();

"intercept" code that runs before every request?

const withAuth = (res, options) => fetch(res, { ... do stuff here });