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Re:The man who broke the internet by deleting an 11-line NPM... by mattl on Thursday April 14, 2022 @11:34AM (#31028295)
Title is hyperbole. The internet wasn't broken by an NPM package because most of the internet and most of the web doesn't use NPM packages.
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Re:The man who broke the internet by deleting an 11-line NPM... by RobertWHurst on Thursday April 14, 2022 @12:35PM (#31029333)
It also doesn't explain it only breaks a site/application if you perform zero testing before deployment. You have to upgrade your dependencies before an npm package change can affect you.
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