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Re:NPM – "is-even", 160k weekly downloads by Aperocky on Tuesday November 16, 2021 @11:45AM (#29242728)
The guy actually had a piece defending his practice making it to HN a few years back. It was not received well.
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Re:NPM – "is-even", 160k weekly downloads by IshKebab on Tuesday November 16, 2021 @11:54AM (#29242882)
Is that the same guy who was talking about how much work it is maintaining 200 repos?
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Re:NPM – "is-even", 160k weekly downloads by Aperocky on Tuesday November 16, 2021 @11:59AM (#29242970)
Yes. I actually don't mind someone doing this for fun, but to actually defend his actions and claim it's useful contribution is just straight up BS.

I wouldn't want to work with this person.

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Re:NPM – "is-even", 160k weekly downloads by crimper on Tuesday November 16, 2021 @12:31PM (#29243471)
I would eagerly wait his PRs and annotations though
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Re:NPM – "is-even", 160k weekly downloads by DrMeepster on Tuesday November 16, 2021 @01:08PM (#29244100)
Would be a lot less work if he didn't do this package splitting nonsense
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