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There are constructive solutions to this problem. The solutions do not entail breaking literally millions of builds and suggesting that a developer should torch their reputation for, what, $710 (LOL, give me a break, Drew).
What we have here is performative attention-seeking, known clinically as "maladaptive coping." It's a shame to see this stuff day after day voted up to the HN homepage.
Instead of being constructive and contributing positively to humanity, ddevault takes his talents and attempts to play scorched earth at every turn in the road. There are constructive solutions to this problem. The solutions do not entail breaking literally millions of builds and suggesting that a developer should torch their reputation for, what, $710 (LOL, give me a break, Drew). What we have here is performative a…
Instead of being constructive and contributing positively to humanity, ddevault takes his talents and attempts to play scorched earth at every turn in the road. There are constructive solutions to this problem. The solutions do not entail breaking literally millions of builds and suggesting that a developer should torch their reputation for, what, $710 (LOL, give me a break, Drew). What we have here is performative a…
It's satire. https://drewdevault.com/2021/11/16/Cash-for-leftpad.html#con...
Anti-Open Source for real . What about people who value helping others more than the money? and Disagree about the value of the "help" an `npm` package actually is? I like this idea but I can see there's room for disagreement. Say there's a particularly problematic package... are you justified in hiring a bounty coder to replace it? How about a bounty hunter to eliminate its current maintainer? Is the action more mor…
It's satire. https://drewdevault.com/2021/11/16/Cash-for-leftpad.html#con...
What software package are you willing to hire bounty hunters to hunt people over? I personally don't care for PHP; but I'm not that emotional over it.
I've some modules I built just because it looks cool to have npm modules with N downloads on your CV. I don't really need that now.
No idea who the hell use them but I very rarely receive a PR or issues. They're basically unmaintained.
It's a bit like having 200+ projects on GitHub and a lot of green squares, people are just going to look at the whole thing without digging much further.
I got some work leads just from people telling me "Yo, I've seen your GitHub, wanna work?"
Anti-Open Source for real . What about people who value helping others more than the money? and Disagree about the value of the "help" an `npm` package actually is? I like this idea but I can see there's room for disagreement. Say there's a particularly problematic package... are you justified in hiring a bounty coder to replace it? How about a bounty hunter to eliminate its current maintainer? Is the action more mor…
It's satire. https://drewdevault.com/2021/11/16/Cash-for-leftpad.html#con...
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It's satire. https://drewdevault.com/2021/11/16/Cash-for-leftpad.html#con...
Yes and an excellent discussion opener. What software package are you willing to hire bounty hunters to hunt people over? I personally don't care for PHP; but I'm not that emotional over it.
(I know program comparison is akin to the halting-problem, but for simple templates it should work).