Traditional package management systems for JavaScript have encountered various inefficiencies in dependency storage, resolution, and project performance. pnpm is a fast, disk-efficient package manager for JavaScript and TypeScript projects, serving as an alternative to npm and Yarn. Thanks to its efficiency and reliability, pnpm is gaining popularity for managing monorepos and large-scale applications. Zoltan Kochan, a full stack web developer and the creator of pnpm, joins the show with Josh Goldberg to discuss his background and package management in the web. Josh Goldberg is an independent full-time open-source developer in the TypeScript ecosystem. He works on projects that assist developers in writing better TypeScript more easily, notably including typescript-eslint: the tooling that allows ESLint and Prettier to work on TypeScript code. Josh regularly contributes to open-source projects such as ESLint and TypeScript, is a Microsoft MVP for developer technologies, and authored the acclaimed “Learning TypeScript” (O’Reilly), a valuable resource for developers wanting to learn TypeScript without prior experience beyond JavaScript. Josh frequently presents talks and workshops at bootcamps, conferences, and meetups, sharing knowledge on TypeScript, static analysis, open-source, and frontend and web development. [Please click here to see the transcript of this episode.](http://softwareengineeringdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/SED1850-SED1850_pnpm.txt) Sponsorship inquiries: [[email protected]](https://cms.megaphone.fm/organizations/619b680e-d813-11ea-9750-e7ecac406436/podcasts/e60108fe-e328-11ea-b2b6-1348249f900a/episodes/3913370a-bc44-11ed-ace6-8b1f96d82bba/[email protected])
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