NPM – "is-even", 160k weekly downloads

Re:NPM – "is-even", 160k weekly downloads by tyingq on Tuesday November 16, 2021 @11:06AM (#29242139)

Not a node person...is this, like, satire?

   >>is-even/package.json

   "dependencies": {
      "is-odd": "^0.1.2"
    },

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Re:NPM – "is-even", 160k weekly downloads by dagw on Tuesday November 16, 2021 @11:12AM (#29242228)

Yes, clearly satire. The whole repo is a send up of the worst tendencies of JavaScript development

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Re:NPM – "is-even", 160k weekly downloads by ratww on Tuesday November 16, 2021 @12:59PM (#29243941)

The creator claims it's not satire, he claims he was learning to code.

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Re:NPM – "is-even", 160k weekly downloads by dagw on Tuesday November 16, 2021 @04:05PM (#29246336)

I guess we have a classic case of Poe's Law then

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Re:NPM – "is-even", 160k weekly downloads by marlowe221 on Tuesday November 16, 2021 @11:08AM (#29242169)

Also, both packages are made by the same two guys

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Re:NPM – "is-even", 160k weekly downloads by pc86 on Tuesday November 16, 2021 @11:12AM (#29242217)

Did you mean to say "the same guy?" It's one guy (or at least, one GitHub username), not two.

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Re:NPM – "is-even", 160k weekly downloads by tyingq on Tuesday November 16, 2021 @11:27AM (#29242438)

There are two github usernames...'i-voted-for-trump' and 'jonschlinkert'. Though they do appear to be "the same guy".

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Re:NPM – "is-even", 160k weekly downloads by Turing_Machine on Tuesday November 16, 2021 @11:12AM (#29242214)

Sadly, no.

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