On: The State of Vue

[gaius]

1 million+ downloads on NPM at 125k~150k per month

But doesn't Node download from NPM every time it runs? Hence the left-pad debacle. So this "downloads" figure doesn't necessarily mean what someone used to a more conventional language might think it means.

[throwaway284534 → gaius]

NPM modules only download when explicitly fetched with `npm install`

[ceejayoz → throwaway284534]

Which, if you're running CI, might be every time you push a build to it.

[mnkmnk → gaius]

With CI for running tests and building docker images, I have seen a lot of places where npm install happens everytime. So don't know why you are getting down voted.