True, Python has a larger std lib, but Node.js has increased a lot in the last two years.

Although it’s not so much Python that’s influencing Node.js but more like Deno and Bun that try to include everything but the kitchen sink.

If you code mindfully, Python stdlib can do tons and tons of things (I love logging and argparse, for example). But I have seen the other end of the spectrum, too. Somebody imported whole Pandas just to read a couple of columns from an Excel file, to create a simple URL list, and some folders.

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I mean, ouch.

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