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Re:Dev corrupts NPM libs 'colors' and 'faker', breaking thou... by marcus_holmes on Monday January 10, 2022 @09:03AM (#29874927)
Success != sustainability.

If a thing has an expiry date that is >10 years, then you're not going to see any problems for 10 years. That doesn't mean the expiry date doesn't exist, or that the thing won't hit it. It can be wildly successful for all those years and then hit the expiry date and stop immediately.

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Re:Dev corrupts NPM libs 'colors' and 'faker', breaking thou... by prepend on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @06:13PM (#29899794)
It’s not necessarily the same, but it’s a good co-signal. And definitely useful for refuting emotional, data less calls that the sky is falling.

I’ll take a decade of success as a sign of sustainability over a package maintainer losing their shit as a sign of h sustainability.

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