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2026

  1. You Don't Want Separate Repos

    Repository topology decides whether coupled code shares one content-addressed snapshot or negotiates version strings across a registry boundary.

    monorepo versioning git pnpm npm package-managers dependencies content-addressing modularity security supply-chain genkit sdk-design dissecting-systems

  2. node_modules Is the Heaviest Object in the Universe

    The same "the hash is the identity" idea that powers a build cache also explains why pnpm stores on disk what npm copies a hundred times over.

    package-managers pnpm npm content-addressing dissecting-systems