Ah, the classic JavaScript ecosystem paranoia. For the uninitiated, Shai Hulud 3 is referencing the giant sandworms from Dune that devour everything in their path—much like how npm packages sometimes go rogue and wreak havoc on your system. When your trust in the npm ecosystem has been shattered by one too many packages trying to mine crypto on your machine or accidentally nuking your files, you start getting creative with your defensive strategies. Creating a fake package with automation tokens is basically putting a scarecrow in your code garden—technically unnecessary but oddly comforting. It's the digital equivalent of putting a "Beware of Dog" sign when you don't even own a goldfish. Pure survival instinct after seven years of JavaScript framework PTSD.

JavaScript pouring itself into literally everything like that one coworker who volunteers for projects they have no business touching. "Oh, you need a toaster? I can run in a browser." The framework fatigue is real - we're one npm package away from JavaScript-powered coffee makers that require 3GB of node_modules to heat water.