I don't know if you guys are just trolling or think that I'm dumb (maybe
both?). EVERYONE knows that you can use the full path or put the files at
the root folder - both are far from being "optimal" as described on
previous emails. It's not because you can do some silly hack that the
problem doesn't exist, common patterns are usually a "sign" of "flaws" on
the system itself.

Node.js is popular and because of that it has the power to "dictate" its
own way and flexible systems will have to "bend" to fit the dull model.
"Worse is Better"[1] really applies in this case.

"Write once, run everywhere" won't happen anytime soon because some people
insist to not follow the specs[2]. - that's exactly what made client-side
development a chaos, don't commit the same mistake.

I won't push this any further, maybe one day you guys will realize that in
some specific cases this actually makes sense. I should not be spending my
whole day adding more dependencies to my package.json or handling multiple
separate repositories when keeping everything into a single project would
be way easier to maintain. Don't hurt my productivity just because it goes
against your personal preferences, think about the users and what they are
trying to achieve, don't be a wall in the middle of the way.


  [1] http://www.jwz.org/doc/worse-is-better.html
  [2] http://wiki.commonjs.org/wiki/Packages/1.1#Package_Descriptor_File



PS: Sorry If I got more "emotional" than I should but this really sucks.



On 1/19/13 2:42 AM, "Isaac Schlueter" <[email protected]> wrote:

>On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 7:34 PM, Jake Verbaten <[email protected]> wrote:
>> You could just move your files to the root of your folder. If there are
>>too
>> many files then don't have so many files.
>
>This.  Exactly this.


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