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Left-pad wasn't really a fiasco. It briefly broke a couple of people's build. If anything, it showed how resilient the system is. People are actually starting t
by incrudible 6y ago
Left-pad wasn't really a fiasco. It briefly broke a couple of people's build. If anything, it showed how resilient the system is. People are actually starting to use NPM as a system package manager.
Meanwhile, dependency hell on Linux distributions keeps people stuck on outdated versions of software, because some piece somewhere is either too old or too new.
- VWWHFSfQ 6y ago> It briefly broke a couple of people's build. do you think this is an accurate characterization of what happened
- incrudible 6y agoIt's an accurate representation of the actual technical fallout. As for the "this is a sign of the end times" narrative that has been spun around it, it's mostly just for the headlines. I wouldn't even disagree that it is a sign of the end times, but practically speaking, it just wasn't a big deal.