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> but my thoughts right now are ... "I would never use NPM again if I knew how catastrophically badly designed it is" Then the protest was effective.

• overgard 11y ago
  only in the most narrow sense. His cause, whatever it is, isn't furthered, but now everyone involved (including him) looks bad, and a lot of innocent people have had their time wasted fixing something that shouldn't have broken. It's a loss for everyone involved. He looks petty and untrustworthy, npm looks amateurish, kik gets bad publicity, and everyone using this junk is stuck with their face in their palms.
  • cyphar 11y ago
    Don't blame the guy who pressed a button that allows you to unpublish a core module. Sure, it was done on purpose this time, but what if it happened by accident. Your "package manager" shouldn't be this fragile.
    • overgard 11y ago
      I can blame both of them.
  • icelancer 11y ago
    And how do you look, having used a package manager that allows such an action without preparing for this eventuality?
    • overgard 11y ago
      Your point eludes me. I guess you're implying I'm stupid for having trusted a standard well known tool?