The Node Modules Apocalypse

The Node Modules Apocalypse
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Start a new JavaScript project with a simple npm init? Sure, seems innocent enough! But dare to run npm install and suddenly your laptop fans kick into jet engine mode as your machine downloads half the internet.

The node_modules folder is where dependencies go to multiply like rabbits on performance-enhancing drugs. One minute you're writing a simple "Hello World" app, the next you've downloaded 300MB of packages you'll never directly use.

Nothing quite captures the absurdity of modern web development like watching your hard drive space vanish because you needed to import a function that pads strings with zeros.

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