How the Internet broke after losing a ‘left-pad’
Around two months ago, thousands of applications ran into errors. All due to the actions of one man. Over the course of this piece, I will be aiming to do three things: Help you understand how one single coder could break so much havoc. Help you understand how copyright works in relation to open source software. And finally, help you understand how software development actually works. I have dealt with this in the final section because it is a bit …
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