Lea Verou • 1/7/2026

Web dependencies are broken. Can we fix them?

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The author argues that the JavaScript ecosystem has a fundamental problem with dependency management on the web, unlike other platforms like Node.js or Rust. The web outsources this core functionality to third-party bundlers, creating a usability cliff for beginners and forcing optimization as a prerequisite. The article calls for dependency management to be a native, first-class feature of the web platform itself.

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