Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats3 Marras 2023

688: Ex-npm Employee Making a New Package Manager?! Vlt with Darcy Clarke

In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Darcy Clarke about his career path in tech, working with Wes back in the day, why he decided to build vlt volt, and the biggest sick pick list yet! Show Notes 00:32 Welcome 01:38 Building a tweet wall back in the day 08:54 How did you land at npm? npm 19:40 Why do we need another package manager and registry? 22:11 What is vlt volt? vlt: a new home for open source vlt /vōlt/ (@vltpkg) / X Shipping ESM with Mark Erikson Bun Yarn Nx 27:18 Do you see a future where we don’t pre-compile before shipping? 29:32 Why would pnpm be faster than npm? 31:14 What are the problems with symlinking? 33:08 What’s happening with Yarn? Verdaccio Cloudsmith jfrong Sonatype socket.dev Snyk.io Dependency Confusion 37:42 What do you think about config files? antfu Config of File Nesting for VS Code The massive bug at the heart of the npm ecosystem WebTorrent 41:02 VS Code tip - file nesting patterns 41:59 How does on-prem registry work? 47:29 Where does Socket.dev and Snyk security fit? 52:46 Sick Picks 04:41 How did you get vlt.sh? 05:30 How did you get @Darcy? Sick Picks Flat Coat Goldendoodle Scientific American Nespresso BlackBerry (2023) - IMDb BlackBerry (2023) Letterboxd Matthias Wandel Blink-182 Official Site Moneen Bring Me The Horizon Shameless Plugs vlt: a new home for open source Hit us up on Socials! Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads Wes: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads Scott: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads

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