This place if overcrowded with solution that provide the same benefits than yours, you should clearly put a section describing the benefits of "Why us instead of X" - because it's not clear what this project brings new to the table.
The author missed the point about modularity in Javascript.
Small packages done right, well tested = maintenable, reusable, stable code.
The problem does NOT comes from packages. The problem comes from un-publishing public packages and centralized repository server.
I have a java project with a lot of dependencies. Does it mean it's bad ? No, but if maven repos are closing tomorrow, my project will not build as well.
I also agree with the author, you don't try enough or don't bother trying.
i LOVE nix environnements, but i HAVE to work on Windows. And yeah, at first, it's a pain. Nothing works as expected and you get bunch of errors ... but you have to remember that you're not on a nix terminal !
You don't expect to master a environnement on a first try, do you ? Remember this is not the term you know and love. And if you take some time to get used to, here is your reward:
you will be able to rocks the term on Windows too, and that's pretty badass.