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Yarn
Raised as a usability problem by 17 people on Hacker News over 7 years (2017–2023), in 12 threads.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads this year.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads in the last 5 years.
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Language server can't find packages after migrating to Yarn 2Unreviewed
20172026- Upgrading TypeScript under Yarn PnP is so difficult it wastes huge amounts of time2023-10-23
- Migrating to Yarn workspaces was cumbersome, poorly documented, and unintuitive with TypeScript2023-09-17
- TypeScript language server in VSCode can't find packages after migrating to Yarn 2 despite following docs2021-07-30
Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.
The newest 19 complaints
- Installing gives v1 by default, so users must manually upgrade via command line2023-10-23
- Unclear whether Yarn 2, 3 and 4 are upgrades of one line or separate projects2023-10-23
- Upgrading TypeScript under Yarn PnP is so difficult it wastes huge amounts of time2023-10-23
- Basic setup info missing from docs; defaults make projects fail without configuration2023-10-23
- Patches packages opaquely even when PnP is disabled, breaking builds like beta TypeScript2023-10-23
- Confusing version numbers make it unclear which release is compatible with what2023-10-23
- Slow and painful to package applications with many dependencies2023-09-18
- Migrating to Yarn workspaces was cumbersome, poorly documented, and unintuitive with TypeScript2023-09-17
- Most tools expect node_modules, so migrating needed many workarounds2022-02-08
- Installer output is visually overwhelming, with tree views, colors and scrolling segments2021-10-13
- Hard to figure out how to view npm script output2021-08-09
- Tool was unusable when last tried, failing on imperfect registry packages2021-08-09
- TypeScript language server in VSCode can't find packages after migrating to Yarn 2 despite following docs2021-07-30
- Yarn install <package> no longer works; must use yarn add instead2020-10-21
- Installing packages is slow and constantly breaks, forcing node_modules and build folders to be wiped2019-06-08
- Error messages embed user-specific details, so searching for them online requires stripping data first2019-01-24
- Yarn install duplicates dependencies, causing TypeScript duplicate identifier errors and requiring workarounds2018-07-06
- Logs are hard to get hold of when workflows fail2018-05-15
- Yarn ignores or overrides user's .npmrc settings, causing proxy and version problems2017-05-26