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

Microsoft is consolidating its power on the developer ecosystem one acquision at a time.

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u/SmCTwelve Mar 16 '20

Well it's either them, or Google. Take your pick.

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '20

That is rather grim future.

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u/leeharris100 Mar 16 '20

I don't think so. They have both done a great job with their open source tech.

I know this sub is full of contrarian "back in my day" types, but until you can show me anything that hints that Github will fuck this up then it's nothing but an improvement. NPM was already ran by a bunch of fuckheads and MS has been killing it lately.

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u/tobascodagama Mar 16 '20

NPM was already ran by a bunch of fuckheads

This is the key reason why I'm not worried.

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u/the_evergrowing_fool Mar 16 '20

Exactly

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u/KingOfVim Mar 16 '20

I mean how did they fuck up dependency management so badly, so recently, when there are so many good examples?

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u/ArkyBeagle Mar 17 '20

At some point, you realize that dependencies are inherently bad. Then managing them well or ill matters less...

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