Why Is node_modules So Big?

In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes talk about the reasons your node_modules folder gets so large, and what you can do to help keep the file size down.

Show Notes

• 00:24 Welcome
• 00:51 The punching bag of Javascript
• DaisyDisk
• 02:03 Spoiler alert - it’s text
• 04:49 What actually increases the size?
• 07:29 Types
• 09:27 Polyfills
• 11:09 Raycast Snippets and BetterTouchTool
• 12:44 Babel
• 15:08 Markdown
• 15:52 Translations
• 18:23 What is the solution?
• Raycast
• Bundlephobia | Size of npm dependencies
• Better Touch Tool
• Fast, disk space efficient package manager | pnpm

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