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Comment by zwnow

4 days ago

Just keep the number of packages you use to a minimum. If some package itself has like 200 deps uninstall that and look for an alternative with less deps or think if you really need said package.

I also switched to Phoenix using Js only when absolutely necessary. Would do the same on Laravel at work if switching to SSR would be feasible...

I do not trust the whole js ecosystem anymore.

Did Phoenix not require npm at some point or is that not true?

  • At the beginning, but not anymore. You still have the option to pull libraries and packages but is not really required by default.

    • Oh that's great news I will have to look at it again then. That was a huge turn-off for me, to take one of the most well respected and reliable eco systems and then to pull in one of the worst as a dependency. Thank you for clearing that up.