We have too many dependencies. The programming world is on another roller coaster ride down to dependency hell, if you'll believe the skeptics. I don't think so. I think we are living in the gully of "The Dependency Valley," with not quite enough dependencies to come out the other side. I can see why 3rd [...]

gulp@3.9.1 ├─ archy@1.0.0 ├─ deprecated@0.0.1 ├─ chalk@1.1.3 │ ├─ ansi-styles@2.2.1 │ ├─ escape-string-regexp@1.0.5 │ ├─ has-ansi@2.0.0 │ │ └─ ansi-regex@2.0.0 │ ├─ strip-ansi@3.0.1 │ │ └─ ansi-regex@2.0.0 │ └─ supports-color@2.0.0 ├─ minimist@1.2.0 ├─ liftoff@2.2.1 │ ├─ extend@2.0.1 │ ├─ findup-sync@0.3.0 │ │ └─ glob@5.0.15 │ ├─ flagged-respawn@0.3.2 │ ├─ rechoir@0.6.2 │ │ └─ resolve@1.1.7 │ [...]

I've heard the term "grok" a lot this week, which is strange because I've never noticed it before. Like so many words that once you know them you see them everywhere, "grok" is now a part of my permanent vocabulary. Grok: (verb)  To understand intuitively or by empathy, to establish rapport with. It describes the [...]