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But when I say "javascript ecosystem", I'm talking about Node, and that's clear from my writing.

I don't care for pedantry about what it might also refer to, I'm talking about NodeJS, npm and the problems with it, and that's clear because that's also what the original article is talking about.



> when I say "javascript ecosystem", I'm talking about Node

Can you change your habits?

> I'm talking about NodeJS, npm and the problems with it

So how about just saying that?

> and that's clear

It's not. A person doesn't have to go all in on Sapir–Whorf to recognize that this is fraught with peril.

The original article that you fall back on for support doesn't even agree with you; the argument that the author makes (explicitly, even) is that this actually is a JS-and-not-just-NodeJS problem.

Nor do your earlier remarks agree; you're ignoring now the pushback on your earlier remarks that escape is essentially/almost "impossible". Feels like you're going for a motte-and-bailey here (a type of bait-and-switch argument; see <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motte-and-bailey_fallacy>).




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