Darcy Clarke - npm, vlt and the Future of JavaScript Package Management

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This week we talk to Darcy Clarke, formerly at npm and now at the helm of VSR, a new package manager. VLT aims to be the package manager we all want in the JS ecosystem, while at the same time disrupting the npm registry. See what they're cooking up for the future of JavaScript package management.

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Darcy Clarke - npm, vlt and the Future of JavaScript Package Management

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