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688: Ex-npm Employee Making a New Package Manager?! Vlt with Darcy Clarke
Nov 3, 2023
01:09:44
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Former npm employee and creator of vlt package manager, Darcy Clarke, discusses his career path, the need for another package manager, and the challenges of symlinking. They also talk about on-prem registries and security. The hosts share their thoughts on config files and discuss their favorite sick picks, including golden doodles, Scientific American, and the Nespresso machine.
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- Different strategies in package management: creating an ESM variant of legacy node modules for seamless installation, using requires and imports alongside each other can be complex and risky, and the trade-off between speed and features in package managers.
- Config files in project setups: the presence of multiple config files indicates valuable projects, their location is not a significant problem, but standardizing them can be challenging. Also, music recommendations were discussed with a focus on emo, punk, and post-hardcore genres.
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