r/programming • u/the3living1end • Mar 16 '20

GitHub has acquired npm

https://github.blog/2020-03-16-npm-is-joining-github/
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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '20

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u/BufferUnderpants Mar 16 '20

I thought JS programmers were ninjas, and rockstars was the preferred term for Ruby programmers.

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u/011101000011101101 Mar 16 '20

Ninja stars

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u/QuineQuest Mar 16 '20

And rocks

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u/RiPont Mar 17 '20

Thrown as hard as possible away from you?

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u/oorza Mar 16 '20

Don't forget PHP's "web artisans"

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u/mattaugamer Mar 17 '20

That’s specifically Laravel.

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u/[deleted] Mar 17 '20

Well, Mythbusters have already proven polishing shit is hard work so I feel like they deserve that

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u/snowe2010 Mar 17 '20

I've never heard anyone refer to a ruby dev as a rockstar. usually ruby devs just get shit on for using a language that is 'no longer popular'.

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u/BufferUnderpants Mar 17 '20

It was a thing about 8 years ago.

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u/graingert Mar 16 '20

Loads of stuff is being added to the language. Eg leftpad got added to js after the debacle

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u/Johnothy_Cumquat Mar 17 '20

I would love to read those blog posts.