The modern JS ecosystem is basically a magic eye painting where you need to know how to squint to see the layers below the abstraction, otherwise the whole thing unravels when something goes awry

It's not just lodash, to be clear, it seems like a lot of packages are having a pretty sharp increase this week calling out lodash bc of the big number milestone

we all know npm stats are a blunt metric, and a rising tide of JS continuing to eat the world lifts all boats but got damn 👏 does anyone have stats about how npm downloads in general grow YoY?

lodash just had its first ever 100M+ download week on npm that's a 70% YoY increase

I think probably the best job in the world you could have right now is unemployed software engineer

Hey folks 👋 we're officially drafting our agenda and work items for @openjsf's Bundler Collaboration Space! If you want to have an impact on the work we're doing, head over the issue and freely vote on the items you think are relevant! https://t.co/cJ6kAJepfn

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I know how to revive Pizza Hut brand but also I could probably not ever get to the right person to tell them my great ideas 🤷🏻 @pizzahut @yumbrands

New Era for React = Stronger JavaScript Ecosystem 💙 We're thrilled that React is coming under the Linux Foundation to create the React Foundation. React doesn’t live in isolation - It works alongside Node.js, Electron, webpack, and more. A dedicated foundation means more

I think this is a brilliant observation from Lulu: people root for you when they think you deserve more than you've got, and root against you when it's the opposite. It captures an essential element of good comms...how can you help people think you're underrated rather than

The npm team has shipped OIDC publishing from GitHub and GitLab! Has anybody tried it yet? Finally no more npm token leaks! https://t.co/AAVDtMQwWo

🚨 If you think you might be effected by the nx compromise please revoke the GitHub CLI Authorized OAuth App: https://t.co/FyYIAWxCIn Notably, this is the only way to revoke/rotate the tokens made by/known to that app. The next time you `gh login` you can reauth.

Slightly different content than I usually create. I put together a sort of retro for my site that went accidentally viral. How it handled a half billion requests on a $4 server, and why I think the web as a platform is unmatched. Check it out below!

✨ Proud to be one of the maintainers of @UseExpressJS in the @github Secure Open Source Fund! Securing the #OpenSource #SupplyChain is a team sport 💚 https://t.co/lKC6UskWQR

Happy 20th birthday Django! I'm celebrating by publishing an annotated version of the talk I gave about Django's Origins ten years ago at Django's 10th birthday party in Lawrence, Kansas https://t.co/kdDmHY0gZD

just tryna go from heck you money to fuck you money

If you're interested in editors and developer tools, consider applying to Jane Street! It might be an especially good fit if you're an excited vim or vscode user who would love working on making those experiences better for a den of functional programmers.

@jonchurch @sansquicc one thing I've realized about these games is that all I really want to do is give the whole internet read-write access to a small slice of memory on a shared computer; that's the right way to model the problem

I made a website. It's called "one million chessboards dot com". it has one million chessboards on it. moving a piece moves it for everyone, instantly. no turns. you can move between boards. that's it. have fun!

💖 Thanks @sawaratsuki1004 for designing this amazing @UseExpressJS logo in #Kawaii version 🥹 えくすぷれす ✨ 高速・革新的・最小限

🚀 Exciting Announcement today! Express v5 is officially "latest" and we have started the maintenance period for v4. Read more about the release and our LTS plans in our blog post: