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ESLint jumped in install size by 2MB recently from a basic dependency update. Here's a short thread of the observations 🧵

In 10.10.0 they bumped `file-entry-cache` from 8.x to 11.x which itself had: - install size: 116KB -> 1.6MB - dependencies: 4 -> 11

Where did that come from? It introduced a new dependency: cacheable (1.4MB). You can see when ESLint adopted it in the downloads graph...

And hookified (360KB) was another it pulled in.

Cacheable also depends on keyv. So when I saw this today, what do you think happens when the update reaches ESLint? It'll gain another 580KB.