You could think of a library like this as an argument in a conversation about frontend. One that is demonstrated and backed by an actual implementation. As such

You could think of a library like this as an argument in a conversation about frontend. One that is demonstrated and backed by an actual implementation. As such, I'd say it is valuable regardless of npm download counts. I'm sure he could also have spent that time at $company, helping to plumb gossip and cat memes a bit more efficiently. I'm sure that would have been more lucrative as well.