DEV Community: takundanashebmuchena-pixel

eth-rpc-errors is abandoned (850K+ weekly downloads) — here's the drop-in replacement

takundanashebmuchena-pixel — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 04:11:06 +0000

The Problem

If you're using eth-rpc-errors in your project,
you might not have noticed something concerning —
the package hasn't been maintained in over 5 years.

Yet it still gets 850,000+ weekly downloads.

That means hundreds of thousands of Ethereum projects
are depending on an abandoned package. No bug fixes.
No security patches. No responses to issues.

Even MetaMask — the original creators — have moved
away from it to @metamask/rpc-errors.

The Solution

I forked it and have been actively maintaining it as:

👉 eth-rpc-errors-maintained

Migration: One Line

This is genuinely the easiest migration you'll ever do.

Uninstall the old package:


bash
npm uninstall eth-rpc-errors
npm install eth-rpc-errors-maintained

Fix: node-sass is end-of-life — migrate to Dart Sass in one command

takundanashebmuchena-pixel — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 03:57:55 +0000

node-sass has been officially deprecated since 2022 and is now end-of-life. It breaks on every new Node.js version upgrade with the error:

"Node Sass does not yet support your current environment"

Yet it still gets 3 million+ downloads per week from legacy projects.

The fix

I published an automated migration CLI:

npm install -g node-sass-migrate

Or just run it directly:

npx node-sass-migrate .

What it does automatically

Replaces node-sass with sass (Dart Sass) in package.json
Fixes /deep/ → ::v-deep in SCSS files (Vue projects)
Updates webpack.config.js, vite.config.js, and gulpfile.js references
Warns about @import deprecations and division operator issues

Why not just swap manually?

Dart Sass is stricter than node-sass. These things break silently:

/deep/ selector throws parse errors
Division operator ($var / 2) is deprecated — need math.div()
@import is deprecated — will be removed in Dart Sass 2.0
sass-loader needs to be version 13+

The CLI handles the safe fixes automatically and warns you about the rest.

After running the CLI

Just run npm install and your project should build. If you hit errors, the full migration guide is at https://nodesassmigrate.netlify.app

npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/node-sass-migrate
GitHub: https://github.com/takundanashebmuchena-pixel/node-sass-migrate

Fix: babel-plugin-transform-flow-strip-types broken in Babel 7 and 8

takundanashebmuchena-pixel — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 15:24:45 +0000

The original babel-plugin-transform-flow-strip-types hasn't been updated in 9 years and breaks silently in Babel 7 and 8 environments.

The fix

I published a maintained fork that works as a drop-in replacement:

npm install --save-dev babel-plugin-transform-flow-strip-types-maintained

Then update your .babelrc:

{
"plugins": ["transform-flow-strip-types-maintained"]
}

That's it. No other changes needed.

What's fixed

Babel 7 and 8 peer dependency conflicts
Missing syntax plugin declaration
Deprecated visitor patterns
allowDeclareFields support

Automated migration

If you want to update your entire project automatically:

npx flow-strip-migrate .

This updates your package.json and babel config in one command.

More info: https://flowstrip.netlify.app
npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/babel-plugin-transform-flow-strip-types-maintained

Fix: babel-plugin-transform-flow-strip-types broken in Babel 7 and 8

takundanashebmuchena-pixel — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 15:03:04 +0000

The original babel-plugin-transform-flow-strip-types hasn't been updated in 9 years and breaks silently in Babel 7 and 8 environments.

The fix

I published a maintained fork that works as a drop-in replacement:

npm install --save-dev babel-plugin-transform-flow-strip-types-maintained

Then update your .babelrc:

{
"plugins": ["transform-flow-strip-types-maintained"]
}

That's it. No other changes needed.

What's fixed

Babel 7 and 8 peer dependency conflicts
Missing syntax plugin declaration
Deprecated visitor patterns
allowDeclareFields support

Automated migration

If you want to update your entire project automatically:

npx flow-strip-migrate .

This updates your package.json and babel config in one command.

More info: https://flowstrip.netlify.app
npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/babel-plugin-transform-flow-strip-types-maintained