alt Hacker NewsHow do namespaces help? I'm building a package registry and I've decided against namespacing because I can not see how to implement it in a way that doesn't just lead to even worse problems.
How do namespaces help? I'm building a package registry and I've decided against namespacing because I can not see how to implement it in a way that doesn't just lead to even worse problems.
Because @apache/solr would be easier to disambiguate vs @randomuser/solr.
You should really build namespaces in from the start, or at least reserve the capability to do so in the future. Unless you want to speed run all the lessons already learned.
https://nesbitt.io/2026/02/14/package-management-namespaces....