I'm known to be quite OCD about using the latest software available.
And, recently transitioning into web development, I find my OCD fires up a lot with all the tons of npm packages that our apps depend on.
In the teams I've worked at, I haven't seen any solid strategy for updating packages, I find that the vast majority of devs are super afraid of updating dependencies, and they all look at me like I'm crazy if/when I suggest to do something about it.
The result is that we end up with a (functioning) app, that is basically stuck with dependencies on the versions that they were installed with possible vulnerabilities and bugs, outdated ways of doing things.
Am I just super weird, or is there some sort of strategy you all follow with your team's?
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