Re:NPMX – a fast, modern browser for the NPM registry
by xhcuvuvyc on Saturday February 14, 2026 @12:26AM
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Because they wanted to and Claude didn't tell them not to. Why even ask questions like this at this point.
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Re:NPMX – a fast, modern browser for the NPM registry
by port11 on Saturday February 14, 2026 @03:19AM
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The prolific inventor’s dilemma. But to be fair developers have been making whatever they want since the beginning. Sometimes there doesn’t have to be a ‘why?’.
Re:NPMX – a fast, modern browser for the NPM registry
by indemnity on Saturday February 14, 2026 @01:19AM
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In the age of LLMs I think we are going to see a Cambrian explosion of software.
Me personally, I’m writing tools for myself wouldn’t have bothered with before due the the time investment needed.
Re:NPMX – a fast, modern browser for the NPM registry
by hulitu on Monday February 16, 2026 @02:29AM
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> In the age of LLMs I think we are going to see a Cambrian explosion of software.
From Wikipedia: "Application software _runs_ [1] on top of the operating system"
[1] emphasis mine.
Re:NPMX – a fast, modern browser for the NPM registry
by isodev on Saturday February 14, 2026 @03:04AM
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Haha this. I understand the appeal of "but I can probably roll my own" and "Oh that's a good idea, let's jump into coding" but pre-vibe bots, the effort required would make folks stop and think before jumping into it - is it really a good idea? should I do it just because I can? what problem is it really solving? Who will use this? etc.
Re:NPMX – a fast, modern browser for the NPM registry
by wartijn_ on Saturday February 14, 2026 @08:21AM
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The website has an about page that explains some of the reasons why this project exists. The first heading in the readme of their repo is "Vision". The creators of this project are people with a track record of creating popular, high quality, useful Javascript projects.
I'd say the probability that some thought has gone into this project it pretty high. Your reply stating that this was created without any though or effort is, ironically the least thoughtful, laziest and least useful response possible.
Re:NPMX – a fast, modern browser for the NPM registry
by djgrant on Sunday February 15, 2026 @05:09AM
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Check who the maintainers are. This is highly unlikely. If you want to know what Daniel thinks of Claude read https://roe.dev/blog/the-golden-thread