Scott Tiolinsky, West Barracuda boss and Scott El Toro local Tiolinsky Welcome to syntax on this Monday hasty treat we're gonna be talking about node modules. Why is that folder so big why are the node modules folder? What's going on inside of that giant behemoth of a folder inside of every single one of your projects? The spoiler alert is that it's text text is surprisingly large especially when you get into two things that are descriptions and polyfills.