It&#x27;s maddening.<p>&gt;The real painful part of the process is caused by everything around React, including the build tools.<p>Can&#x27;t agree with that more. I <i>really</i> like the way react works. It just makes sense and doesn&#x27;t get in your way very often.<p>BUT it&#x27;s incredibly frustrating dealing with npm dependency hell. Especially if you really are concerned about security and don&#x27;t just trust that &quot;someone else has probably made sure this code is safe, right?&quot;<p>I just want to use something for longer than 6 months :(