@dgold NPM's ecosystem tends to be a fan of "microlibraries", which sometimes are just a single function. It gets pretty crazy. Lots of "I really hope my dependencies did due diligence because heck if I'm wading through that mess."
I'll say this for NPM, though: it feels pretty snappy. I haven't had a chance to try yarn yet, but it should even improve on that. Meanwhile, bundle install is practically code for "go grab a coffee". Maven and Hackage also feel very slow to me.
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