I don't really understand how headlines like this are helpful. Is there an ideal number of dependencies? How do we decide that 1568 is too high? Is it better or worse than 156 dependencies that each have 10x the LOC? How should the CRA devs address the bad big number? Rewrite all their dependencies from scratch and bundle them with CRA?

Instead of guilting developers for their dependency count, maybe we should be auditing open source project dependencies or suggesting better tips for vetting dependencies.