Why Is node_modules So Big?
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English - May 22, 2023 10:00 - 25 minutes - 23.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 935 ratingsTechnology News Tech News css html html5 javascript webdevelopment Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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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 Tweet us your tasty treats Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets Wes Bos on Bluesky Scott on Bluesky Syntax on Bluesky