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   ✧✦Catherine✦✧ (whitequark@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 09-Dec-2025 08:04:21 JST ✧✦Catherine✦✧

   i think we learned the wrong lessons from left-pad. maybe it would create a better world if any npm user could pull a "stop cord" for the entire silicon valley corporate environment

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     ✧✦Catherine✦✧ (whitequark@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 09-Dec-2025 08:05:29 JST ✧✦Catherine✦✧

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     (this is probably not actually viable except as a joke because if npm refused to do this somebody would've probably set up an archive which mirrors everything on npm but promises to never delete it--accessible for a fee. copyright doesn't solve it either. but it is interesting to think about what would've happened had npm continued to allow people to just delete packages whenever)

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     Cassandra is only carbon now (xgranade@wandering.shop)'s status on Tuesday, 09-Dec-2025 08:11:28 JST Cassandra is only carbon now

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     @whitequark Thinking of it that way, left-pad was very funny indeed. What is Big Boat Stuck but all F500 websites.

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     ✧✦Catherine✦✧ (whitequark@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 09-Dec-2025 08:12:08 JST ✧✦Catherine✦✧

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     like... i do not think the fact that some random developer you've never heard of can prevent you from shipping your shitty electron app is a huge problem. it annoys you and it creates a problem for your employer's bottom line. these things are pretty funny to watch

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     ✧✦Catherine✦✧ (whitequark@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 09-Dec-2025 08:12:08 JST ✧✦Catherine✦✧

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     as you can probably tell, i was exposed to another post about "supply chain integrity"

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     ✧✦Catherine✦✧ (whitequark@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 09-Dec-2025 08:42:24 JST ✧✦Catherine✦✧

     • jcoglan

     @jcoglan the fact that it is legal (and i want it to remain legal) doesn't mean that it should be made easy or convenient

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     ✧✦Catherine✦✧ (whitequark@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 09-Dec-2025 09:24:53 JST ✧✦Catherine✦✧

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     • Hailey

     @hailey quiet part, out loud, etc

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     Hailey (hailey@hails.org)'s status on Tuesday, 09-Dec-2025 09:24:54 JST Hailey

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     @whitequark it is in fact a skill issue if someone yanking their random little package causes problems for you and we should rub it in lmao

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     DNA schedule (ryanprior@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 09-Dec-2025 13:56:15 JST DNA schedule

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     @whitequark oh yeah, this is a thing already. You can pay a reasonable fee and they'll set you up with this service the same day.