The man who broke the internet by deleting an 11-line NPM package [video]

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	The man who broke the internet by deleting an 11-line NPM package [video] (youtube.com)
	3 points by normhill 1523 days ago

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mattl 1523 days ago

Title is hyperbole. The internet wasn't broken by an NPM package because most of the internet and most of the web doesn't use NPM packages.

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RobertWHurst 1523 days ago

It also doesn't explain it only breaks a site/application if you perform zero testing before deployment. You have to upgrade your dependencies before an npm package change can affect you.

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