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Interesting, maybe it was lost in translation as English isn't my first language, but "here is some background" doesn't mean "here is the brief summary" for me. It also doesn't mea…

I agree with someone else comment in this news about the fact that his reputation will be intact that way for people who didn't know about the situation at npm. As much as I don't …

Actually, it was also about the layoff itself, not just how it happened. At the beginning of the thread, I wasn't to shared details for legal reasons, but it became a NLRB case for…

I completely agree with you on this! I wasn't mentioning those were the reasons, but that those were part of what happened in the last months.

Thanks for sharing your personal opinion, I appreciate. The fact that I shared my story like I did and doing now was beneficial on all levels for me. I stayed true to my principles…

Can't agree more!

best comment!

See https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/08/technology/tech-companies... and https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/07/02/npm_abandons_settle...

It wasn't just about other employees. I lost my job. I got fired in a shitty way. I lost my income source. I lost a job I love. I lost faith in a company I cared about. I was afrai…

*one of the person who was laid off.

Yep, no goodbye note was really the highlight of everything that happened at npm in the last couple of months. This article about union busting https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/08/t…

If you read a little more, you would have seen that it was a case of union busting (which is illegal) that was taken by NLRB. It is just part of what happened.

Here is some background on some of the things that happened while he was CEO: https://twitter.com/fharper/status/1111694552262459393

You are right, a settlement has been made.

Note that I'm a Developer Advocate at DigitalOcean. AFAIK, there is no plans to move to paid service. It makes sense to make DNS management easier for developers if you have your a…