Notes tagged “package-managers”

2026

1. June 2026 You Don't Want Separate Repos

   A repository is a database; splitting a subproject out trades a content hash for a version string — and there's only one case where that trade is actually forced.

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

2. June 2026 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