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The better npm site got warnings on packages that should be avoided yesterday. Big thanks to the @e18e.dev community for making that easy!

30/1/26, 4:46 pm11 reposts102 likes

JauntyWunderKind

@jauntywunderkind.bsky.social

31 Jan

I've been excited to better npm site but still not sure really what to expect, what really would truly be materially better. @e18e.dev integration / advice is a huge win!! Awesome data!! Crucial actionable lessons!!

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Yea I mean why would you need `is-even` when you could just use `is-odd`

Lino Le Van

@linolevan.com

30 Jan

One step ahead of you

Janis Jansen 🌳

@janis.me

30 Jan

Wow is there a list of packages and their alternatives?

Lino Le Van

@linolevan.com

30 Jan

Yeah! There's a nice package we use here: github.com/es-tooling/m.... It not only has the list of packages and their alternatives but sometimes even full markdown pages with tradeoffs.

github.comGitHub - es-tooling/module-replacements: A manifest of JS modules and their more modern/active replacementsA manifest of JS modules and their more modern/active replacements - es-tooling/module-replacements

Antoine

@antleth.fr

30 Jan

Looking at the manifests It’s craaaazy how many packages are absolutely useless and exist for the sake of existing and generating downloads

Janis Jansen 🌳

@janis.me

30 Jan

That makes me think there already is (or soon might be?) an automated way to do this? a-la `npx use-better-packages` for package.json substitutions.

James

@43081j.com

30 Jan

We have our own cli which is an alpha right now but will do the migrations for you. All the codemods are community maintained and paired up to the replacements

conputer dipshit

@davidcrespo.bsky.social

WHERE IS THE SITE

Secret... or send a message to @patak.dev if you want to join the community!

pavel b

@pavel.eurosky.social

30 Jan

npmx.dev 😤

npmx.devnpmx - Package Browser for the npm RegistryA better browser for the npm registry. Search, browse, and explore packages with a modern interface.

Andrew Lisowski 💻

@hipstersmoothie.com

30 Jan

you can guess it preeeeetty easily

Maël Nison

@mael.dev

30 Jan

I'd tread carefully with this one. The arbitrary aspect makes me think it's the kind of thing that can turn toxic if not very carefully managed.

James

@43081j.com

30 Jan

Fwiw it is well managed. The e18e community maintains this list, every addition has a discussion. Similarly we have a contribution/advocate guide for e18e overall which defines that we try contribute upstream as first call