Cynical view, a lot about npm seems really ill advised. One additional bad decision after that choice seems easy enough to go along with… ;-)
A lot of it is. And yet, it works so well it conquered the world.
So did Mc Donald’s and Starbucks.
I’m not entirely happy with the idea of living in a world conquered by the lowest common denominator solutions.
Speak for yourself, I find it great. Much better than the alternatives like pip or nuget. And the ecosystem has endless amount of solutions ready.
And I love big macs, but they may not actually be a good thing.
In this case it is a good thing. And as I said, still much better than the alternatives.
What do you think npm does better than pip?
McDonalds is my favorite answer to the popularity argument. Popularity is a data point to factor, but it's only one and it's meaning and value are entirely context dependant. Basically means nothing by itself.
If we somehow changed the rules so that Mc Donald and Starbucks were illegal, we would not end up with local artisinal coffeeshops on every corner, we would likely have a lot fewer places to get good coffee.
True, it's certainly not that intuitive
Get over yourself. McDonald's is far from "lowest common denominator." Go travel the world a bit and see how real people live and what they actually eat every day.
We had a drive thru grass fed burger place open up across the street from McDonald’s and it was gross. It lasted maybe a year. McDonald’s makes pretty good burgers, not what I want every day for sure but in a pinch they aren’t bad.