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0 pointsfoota2y ago0 comments

Most applications (even large ones) do not have thousands of direct dependencies.

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Good point. It's even better when a dependency multiple levels down gets a breaking change and the direct one is unmaintained.

Who keeps unmaintained, direct dependencies in their projects? Seems like basic hygiene to replace them.

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0 pointsfoota2y ago0 comments

Most applications (even large ones) do not have thousands of direct dependencies.

Good point. It's even better when a dependency multiple levels down gets a breaking change and the direct one is unmaintained.

Who keeps unmaintained, direct dependencies in their projects? Seems like basic hygiene to replace them.

*Node.js & Python developers enter the chat*

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse