Collection of dramas on GitHub (and else where)
Last update: Sep 30, 2023
Insomnia - Requiring an account to use the app
Sep 28, 2023 | Breaking | Controversial
- Original issue: Kong/insomnia#6577
- HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37680126
- GitHub Discussion: Kong/insomnia#6590
- CTO of Kong's response in the discussion: Kong/insomnia#6590 (comment)
- Tweet by the original author @GregorySchier: https://twitter.com/GregorySchier/status/1707472402454835593
- A fork of Insomnia - Insomnium: https://github.com/ArchGPT/insomnium
- HN discussion on the fork: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37708582
EpicGames/Signup - Notification spam of 400k GitHub users due to tagging @EpicGames/developers on GitHub
June 3, 2022 | Notification spam
- Original PR: EpicGames/Signup#24
- HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31627061
vue-cli node-ipc - vue-cli dependency on node-ipc potentially overwrites user files
March 16, 2022 | Controversial | Politics
- Main issue on vue-cli to warn users about the impact: vuejs/vue-cli#7054
- Original issue (some comments deleted or edited by RIAEvangelist): https://github.com/RIAEvangelist/node-ipc/issues/233
- Commit that contains overwite logic: https://github.com/RIAEvangelist/peacenotwar/blob/5b72bd82cae6f555983a2e04821a54027a774269/index.js#L16-L29
- Repo for the overwrite code (
protestware): https://github.com/RIAEvangelist/peacenotwar
- snyk vulnerability alert blogpost: https://snyk.io/blog/peacenotwar-malicious-npm-node-ipc-package-vulnerability/
- HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30717382
colors.js Zalgo - colors.js author Marak breaking colors.js intentionally
Jan 8, 2022 | Breaking
- Original issue (posted by author): Marak/colors.js#285
- Commit: https://github.com/Marak/colors.js/commit/074a0f8ed0c31c35d13d28632bd8a049ff136fb6#diff-92bbac9a308cd5fcf9db165841f2d90ce981baddcb2b1e26cfff170929af3bd1R18
faker.js emptied - faker.js author Marak emptying faker.js intentionally
Jan 5, 2022 | Breaking
- Empty repo: https://github.com/Marak/faker.js
- Community org faker-js fork: https://github.com/faker-js/faker.js
- Marak's GitHub account suspended after he erased his faker project: https://twitter.com/marak/status/1479200803948830724
- HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29837473
veged/coa (Command-Option-Argument) - Malicious owner takeover of npm package
Nov 4, 2021 | Malicious Takeover
- Original issue: veged/coa#99
- cnpm fix: cnpm/bug-versions#157
TypeScript ESM - Concerns with TypeScript 4.5's Node 12+ ESM Support
Oct 21, 2021 | Controversial
- Original issue: microsoft/TypeScript#46452
sindresorhus ESM - The ESM move
Jan 6, 2021 | Controversial
- Original discussion: sindresorhus/meta#15
- ES Modules are terrible, actually
- Pure ESM package
- Segmentation fault with import() instead of calling importModuleDynamically
- Meta: Native support for ES Modules
graphiql - Political stance
May 23, 2021 | Politics
- Original commit: https://github.com/graphql/graphiql/commit/7d0b7d477195ee240e0e9ac800a00d17eb91bac4
- MR: graphql/graphiql#1860
- Follow up MRs:
- Follw up issues:
babel - Funding disputes
May 10, 2021 | Politics
- Original blogpost: Babel is used by millions, so why are we running out of money?
- Response by Sebastian (creator of Babel): https://twitter.com/sebmck/status/1392019586833387522
- Response to Sebastian by Evan You(creator of Vue.js): https://twitter.com/youyuxi/status/1392088730438090756
- HN thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27114718
cinnamon-screensaver - Screensaver lock by-pass via the virtual keyboard
Dec 28, 2020 | Bug
- Original issue: linuxmint/cinnamon-screensaver#354
The Great Suspender - Malicious owner takeover of Chrome extension
Jun 20, 2020 | Malicious Takeover
- Original owner takeover issue: greatsuspender/thegreatsuspender#1175
- Malicious accusation: greatsuspender/thegreatsuspender#1263
- HN thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25846504
GitLab - Hiring exclusion of certain geographical regions
Oct 17, 2019 | Politics
- Original issue: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/www-gitlab-com/issues/5555 (seems to be deleted, 404 now)
- Merge request: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/www-gitlab-com/-/merge_requests/32606
- Update blog post: https://about.gitlab.com/blog/2019/11/12/update-on-hiring/
terser-webpack-plugin - Terser v3.16.0 breaks webpack
Feb 3, 2019 | Breaking
- Original issue: webpack-contrib/terser-webpack-plugin#66
- PR to fix: terser/terser#254
- Other issues:
event-stream - Malicious owner takeover of npm package
Nov 21, 2018 | Malicious Takeover
- Original issue: dominictarr/event-stream#116
Docker - Cannot download Docker CE without logging in
Jun 20, 2018 | Breaking
- Original issue: docker/docs#6910
lerna - License exclusion of certain companies
Aug 29, 2018 | Politics
- Original PR: lerna/lerna#1616
- Reverted via: lerna/lerna#1633
redis - Controversial terminology & wording
Sep 8, 2018 | Politics
- Original issue: redis/redis#5335
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