“I Peeked into My Node_Modules Directory, You Won’t Believe What Happened Next” (medium.com)

Really good read and it highlights there's an over reliance on dependencies, especially when you don't know they're there or what they're doing.

You have no control over them, there could be security holes or they might even be malicious or just a picture of 'Guy Fieri'!

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https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12300157