NPMX – a fast, modern browser for the NPM registry
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1 hour ago
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| npmx.dev
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pveierland
9 minutes ago
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- Certain pages load but are not able to load content, e.g. https://npmx.dev/package/@storybook/addon-docs fails to load content with:

> `[nuxt] Cannot load payload /package/@storybook/addon-docs/_payload.json?c459501f-8eb7-49c9-be9c-4a197fa35a39 Error: Invalid input`

- Scrolling fast on Firefox + Chrome is broken and resets the search results page to start.

- Pressing up/down arrows should navigate search item results instead of focusing individual tag elements.

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hdjrudni
1 hour ago
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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.

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pier25
6 minutes ago
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I almost never use npmjs.com.

When I do it’s just to click on the repo link.

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jasonjmcghee
16 minutes ago
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Cynically, if you can attract a representative sample, you could aggregate and sell analytics data.

Another could be to have an "alternatives" section based on semantic similarity and / or some other features that have signal.

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brycelarkin
54 minutes ago
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npmjs search is very slow
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DeepYogurt
50 minutes ago
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how often does anyone use it though?
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65
41 minutes ago
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I mean are we really arguing over milliseconds here? I have never in my life had the thought "NPM search is too slow, I need a faster solution"

I have had the thought "NPM search sorted by downloads this week is giving me irrelevant packages" - but I'm not sure this tool solves that.

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skydhash
29 minutes ago
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My only pain point, that I solved with a few lines of elisp, was to go to npmjs, to find the repo link for my dependencies. What's in `node_modules` may be compiled to an inscrutable blob and it's rare to find good library docs.
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skybrian
56 minutes ago
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I'm not sure what features I'm supposed to notice that are better, but having built-in API docs and source code browsing is nice. (Though slightly laggy.)

Nit: there are distracting animations, such as on the weekly download graph.

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djdnndj
34 minutes ago
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I like it, don't get the negativity in this thread
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spiderice
42 minutes ago
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Aaaand, it's down. Is it's inability to handle light load what makes it modern?
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cdaringe
56 minutes ago
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it’s modern, i heard
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