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NPMX – a fast, modern browser for the NPM registry

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Re: NPMX – a fast, modern browser for the NPM registry

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Post by wartijn_ »

xhcuvuvyc wrote: post #27
hdjrudni wrote: post #3

But why? npmjs.com is not slow and not something I need to interact with very often. And npmjs.com is still the authority when it comes to publishing packages, no? So I'd still have to use it.

Because they wanted to and Claude didn't tell them not to. Why even ask questions like this at this point.

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

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Post by danielroe »

Sammi wrote: post #49
danielroe wrote: post #33

npmx maintainer here! a few answers to questions i see: we haven’t launched yet! we’re building openly but aiming for march 3. as is par for the course, hn gets the scoop. i made the first commit two weeks ago, so it’s very new. but we’ve had 900+ PRs and 170+ contributors in the last fortnight… because this is something we care about. having said that, i’m taking notes about what is and isn’t intuitive npmjs remains…

The visual hierarchy seems very flat and inaccessible to me. Everything is monochrome and looks too similar. I have a hard time differentiating between sections. There are many ways to get more visual hierarchy and I wish you make use of them.

thank you for the feedback!

I will be thinking closely and I really prize all thoughtful feedback like this.

we're currently on a collective holiday: https://npmx.dev/recharging. but when we're back, you would be really welcome to join us and make it better - if you want!

it's open source at https://github.com/npmx-dev/npmx.dev

Re: NPMX – a fast, modern browser for the NPM registry

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Post by atfzl »

hdjrudni wrote: post #3

But why? npmjs.com is not slow and not something I need to interact with very often. And npmjs.com is still the authority when it comes to publishing packages, no? So I'd still have to use it.

npmjs.com search input doesn't even have proper throttling/debounce. If you type fast, there is a high chance that you get result of the partial input that you entered than the complete one. Ideally they should discard the response for the old partial search if there is a new one.

Re: NPMX – a fast, modern browser for the NPM registry

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Post by tl2do »

freakynit wrote: post #36
tl2do wrote: post #26

The typeahead search speed is genuinely impressive. I was typing package names and the results were appearing before I'd finished the keystroke—that's the kind of responsiveness you usually only see with native applications. As someone who spent a year obsessing over performance in a .NET MAUI app (IMAP processing, background execution, API latency), I know how hard it is to shave milliseconds off search. The npm reg…

Whats even crazier is if you click on thr author link, there other packages are listed almost instantly. Crazy damn speed. Beautiful to look at too.

I agree. I agree.

Re: NPMX – a fast, modern browser for the NPM registry

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Post by abejfehr »

hdjrudni wrote: post #3

But why? npmjs.com is not slow and not something I need to interact with very often. And npmjs.com is still the authority when it comes to publishing packages, no? So I'd still have to use it.

A valid use case I can think of is if npmjs.com is blackholed by your company to prevent supply chain attacks

Re: NPMX – a fast, modern browser for the NPM registry

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Post by hobofan »

skybrian wrote: post #20

Here's one feature they have that seems important: > It's good npmx.dev shows git and https dependencies. I still think it's crazy npmjs.org doesn't. https://bsky.app/profile/dsherret.bsky.social/post/3mer2diwj...

Damn, I didn't even know that npm allows publishing dependencies that have git/https dependencies to the public registry.

Re: NPMX – a fast, modern browser for the NPM registry

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Post by dzonga »

danielroe wrote: post #33

npmx maintainer here! a few answers to questions i see: we haven’t launched yet! we’re building openly but aiming for march 3. as is par for the course, hn gets the scoop. i made the first commit two weeks ago, so it’s very new. but we’ve had 900+ PRs and 170+ contributors in the last fortnight… because this is something we care about. having said that, i’m taking notes about what is and isn’t intuitive npmjs remains…

thanks - through your repo - I have discovered a few dependencies I would like to adopt for my work
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