> If I compare a typical Rust project, with a same JavaScript one, JavaScript project itself often has magnitudes more direct dependencies (wide supply chain?).
This has more to do with the popularity of a language than anything else, I think. Though the fact that Python and JS are used as "entry level" languages probably encourages some of these "lazy" libraries cough cough left-pad cough cough.
This has more to do with the popularity of a language than anything else, I think. Though the fact that Python and JS are used as "entry level" languages probably encourages some of these "lazy" libraries cough cough left-pad cough cough.