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Sure, guy looks like a jerk, but these are terrible package names, I'm glad no libraries I use have these names. Google searches would be so bad.
by mod 10y ago
Sure, guy looks like a jerk, but these are terrible package names, I'm glad no libraries I use have these names.
Google searches would be so bad.
- BinaryIdiot 10y agoAgreed, single letter library names are essentially useless. Some of the others, however, maybe not. Overall I'd like to see a policy against squatting on a specific library name and never using it.
- franciscop 10y agoBut there is one right in the footer: https://www.npmjs.com/policies/disputes https://www.npmjs.com/policies/disputes I am writing a blog post about the topic as well, I think NPM is doing a great job here.
- BinaryIdiot 10y agoI had no idea. I never heard of npm doing this and missed it as a spot on the site. Thanks!
- um_ya 10y agoOnly one I can think of that's useful is the q promise library. `npm install q`