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NPM CEO Bryan Bogensberger Resigned

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Re: NPM CEO Bryan Bogensberger Resigned

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Post by sneak »

cols wrote: post #36

Looks as if he was asked to leave. No surprise given the terrible optics they've been under for the past year. NPM is such a vital tool and I really enjoy using it. I hope their next CEO makes better decisions in regards to the humans who work there. Good luck to all the NPM staff! I'm rooting for you! From the Register... "According to people familiar with the matter, Bogensberger was asked to leave by the company's…

Why was he asked to leave? To which “terrible optics” do you refer? Your implied context is opaque.

Re: NPM CEO Bryan Bogensberger Resigned

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Post by cjblomqvist »

asien wrote: post #18

I’m fascinated by the fact that while node has become a new standard in the industry , and the project is receiving lots of supports from all sorts of companies ( IBM , Microsoft etc...) absolutely no discussion has been opened about how much at risk the JavaScript ecosystem actually is with « npm » and it’s weekly dramas Not a month pass without something going wrong inside of inc, millions of developers are dependa…

Honest question, is it that much better in other communities? In particular, it's there anything inherent to npm that's problematic or is it just that a huge community with a Unix mindset (small packages that does one thing well) is problematic?

Re: NPM CEO Bryan Bogensberger Resigned

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Post by ryanmercer »

trakter wrote: post #17
dopamean wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is my favorite excuse in sports because they "retiree" almost always comes back out of retirement which leads me to believe they've had enough time with their family.

Nico Rosberg, springs to mind. Not racing again, but he does like to show his face at the races a lot.

IIRC Rick Moranis basically quit acting to be with his family and Elton John has specifically stated he drastically scaled down to raise his children.

Re: NPM CEO Bryan Bogensberger Resigned

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Post by paulddraper »

tiborsaas wrote: post #32
paulddraper wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The people that would care the most are mostly immune to npm issues. Privately hosted npm repos, checked-in to version control systems, etc. There are plenty of solutions if you don't like npm. However, they carry the traditional costs of managing dependencies; if you want super super super easy above all else, that's what npm does.

I don't think that's accurate. Most devs and thus companies treat NPM as a utility. Maybe very large companies would not feel it, but if NPM went down tomorrow there would be utter chaos on the internet.

There would be chaos, just not for FAANG.

Re: NPM CEO Bryan Bogensberger Resigned

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Post by WillPostForFood »

trakter wrote: post #17
dopamean wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is my favorite excuse in sports because they "retiree" almost always comes back out of retirement which leads me to believe they've had enough time with their family.

Nico Rosberg, springs to mind. Not racing again, but he does like to show his face at the races a lot.

He is working for Sky as a commentator at races. Doing the occasional TV commentary is a lot less time consuming, is a lot less stressful, and allows a lot more family time, than driving for the #1 F1 team, against arguably the best F1 driver off all time in Lewis Hamilton

Re: NPM CEO Bryan Bogensberger Resigned

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Post by cols »

sneak wrote: post #41
cols wrote: post #36

Looks as if he was asked to leave. No surprise given the terrible optics they've been under for the past year. NPM is such a vital tool and I really enjoy using it. I hope their next CEO makes better decisions in regards to the humans who work there. Good luck to all the NPM staff! I'm rooting for you! From the Register... "According to people familiar with the matter, Bogensberger was asked to leave by the company's…

Why was he asked to leave? To which “terrible optics” do you refer? Your implied context is opaque.

If the context is opaque to you then I would encourage you to read the articles and to read the other comments on this thread.

Re: NPM CEO Bryan Bogensberger Resigned

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Post by fharper »

sneak wrote: post #41
cols wrote: post #36

Looks as if he was asked to leave. No surprise given the terrible optics they've been under for the past year. NPM is such a vital tool and I really enjoy using it. I hope their next CEO makes better decisions in regards to the humans who work there. Good luck to all the NPM staff! I'm rooting for you! From the Register... "According to people familiar with the matter, Bogensberger was asked to leave by the company's…

Why was he asked to leave? To which “terrible optics” do you refer? Your implied context is opaque.

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

Re: NPM CEO Bryan Bogensberger Resigned

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Post by r3trohack3r »

asien wrote: post #18

I’m fascinated by the fact that while node has become a new standard in the industry , and the project is receiving lots of supports from all sorts of companies ( IBM , Microsoft etc...) absolutely no discussion has been opened about how much at risk the JavaScript ecosystem actually is with « npm » and it’s weekly dramas Not a month pass without something going wrong inside of inc, millions of developers are dependa…

There is actually a lot of discussion about this. There is also a lot of work going into different approaches to solve this.

For example Frea. It's a conservative approach for incrementally federating the package registry and you can start using it today. It's ready for all your traffic.

website: https://freajs.com

how it works: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/16pxrYfpxxKRzhpMM0zZV...

Re: NPM CEO Bryan Bogensberger Resigned

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Post by sneak »

cols wrote: post #46
sneak wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why was he asked to leave? To which “terrible optics” do you refer? Your implied context is opaque.

If the context is opaque to you then I would encourage you to read the articles and to read the other comments on this thread.

The comment to which I replied is top-level, and has no prior thread context.
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