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One Man Deleted 11 Lines of Code from the Internet and Broke Apps
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- speakingmoistly 2y agoI'm glad to see this come back up (even though the title frames the issue entirely backwards: it's less about one guy breaking things and more about the malpractice of building systems that are brittle from day one) because I don't think folks have really learned from the perils of unnecessary yet load-bearing dependencies. At the very least, I hope the conversation is still alive enough for groups to invest in mirror registries to have some form control over external dependency sources. At [previous gig], it's something that always felt like an expense that needs a lot of justification with the powers that be despite feeling like table stakes for keeping a revenue-generating app up in the long term.
- hondadriver 2y agoThe obligatory XKCD reference: https://xkcd.com/2347/ https://xkcd.com/2347/ BTW maybe you should add (2016) to the title.
- absqueued 2y agoWow, I didn't pay attention to that!
- alienself 2y agoPeople still use Kik? I wasn’t aware it was still a thing… using lawyers as a threat on an npm package is such a lame and small move…