Tuesday, September 27, 2016

npm considered harmful

They're you go, someone else said it as well :

Node.js is cancer. We all use it, because of the momentum it has with designers instantly being able to declare themselves "full-stack devs", but make no mistake -- Node.js and npm are an abomination that we will look back on in ten years and shudder.

Seen at  https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12593664

Full quote:

> You do realize that Python was not only built to appeal to "non-devs"

... as an alternative to C++ and Perl. And in that respect, it is a snap to pick up. It is pretty easy, not as easy as, say, Javascript, but still easy to pick up, I agree.

Node.js is cancer. We all use it, because of the momentum it has with designers instantly being able to declare themselves "full-stack devs", but make no mistake -- Node.js and npm are an abomination that we will look back on in ten years and shudder.

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