Ridiculous dependencies of popular libraries(medium.com)
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Ridiculous dependencies of popular libraries
https://medium.com/friendship-dot-js/i-peeked-into-my-node-modules-directory-and-you-wont-believe-what-happened-next-b89f63d21558#.g4rrsjb99
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It's worth reading the comments on this one. I'm surprised so many didn't realise it was satire, but maybe that says more about people's expectations of npm than anything.
Recent discussion: yhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12251162
A rouge developer eh. those reds under the beds!
Why this nonsense ?
I would be very worried where the other 000s had gone!
http://i.ndtvimg.com/i/2014-07/auto-components_625x300_51405...
Why this nonsense ?
$ tree node_modules/ | count
zsh: command not found: count
$ tree node_modules/ | lines
zsh: command not found: lines
$ tree node_modules/ | wc -lines
wc: illegal option — i
usage: wc [-clmw] [file …]
$ tree node_modules/ | wc -countlines
wc: illegal option — o
usage: wc [-clmw] [file …]
$ man wc
for just this $ tree node_modules/ | wc -l
292
> Imagine if ... the car you drove to work had 291 partsI would be very worried where the other 000s had gone!
http://i.ndtvimg.com/i/2014-07/auto-components_625x300_51405...