Bundle because you want to, not because you need to (JS Party #69)

Jerod and Nick are joined by Fred K. Schott – the main brain behind Pika. What’s that, you ask? An effort to make modern JavaScript more accessible by making it easier to find, publish, install, and use modern packages on npm.

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Featuring:

• Fred K. Schott – Website, GitHub, X
• Jerod Santo – GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
• Nick Nisi – Website, GitHub, Bluesky, Mastodon, X

Show Notes:

• pikapkg.com is your one-stop shop for all things Pika
• Can I use ES Modules?
• Fred’s click-baity (but high quality) intro – A Future Without Webpack
• The now-famous five.js package on npm
• Also check out @pika/pack
• There’s an rfc to integrate @pika/pack into npm

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Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!