8 nov 2025 03:42

The $150,000 NPM Disaster: How One Package Almost Crashed the Internet

In a video by Huxn WebDev, the 2016 NPM 'left-pad' incident unfolds as developer Azer Koçulu unpublishes 350 packages after a trademark dispute, crippling major JavaScript tools like React and Babel, exposing open-source fragility.