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Why the single package.json monorepo policy is a trap
A single root package.json can look simpler in an Nx monorepo but dependency hoisting hides ownership and can turn upgrades into confusing production build failures.
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GraphQL: the enterprise honeymoon is over
GraphQL solves a real problem, but in many enterprise setups that problem is already handled by BFFs. After years using Apollo in production, I think the tradeoffs often outweigh the win.
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Automating Dependabot reviews: how AI cut 95% of dependency research time
Dependabot PRs are useful, but researching every upgrade across a large monorepo is slow. I wired Copilot CLI into GitHub Actions so AI handles the dependency research and humans make the call.
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Cleaning house in an Nx monorepo: how I removed 120 unused deps safely
I ran Knip across our Nx repo, took the “unused” list as a hint, deleted candidates, built, tested, booted apps, and put a few back when they were secretly used. Net, about 120 packages gone.
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