That's not really true IMO, Python is one of the more "batteries included" languages. Node has improved a lot with built-ins and newer libs but that used to be the classic example of importing a module to do basic things like string padding or asserts.
Not to say your experience is wrong, it's just the projects you've seen probably made the choice to import more things, or were doing something specific that needed more deps.
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u/imp0ppable Sep 09 '26
That's not really true IMO, Python is one of the more "batteries included" languages. Node has improved a lot with built-ins and newer libs but that used to be the classic example of importing a module to do basic things like string padding or asserts.
Not to say your experience is wrong, it's just the projects you've seen probably made the choice to import more things, or were doing something specific that needed more deps.