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title: "Marak Squires, the developer of popular open source npm libraries…"
date: 2022-01-16
source: facebook
type: Archer T. Ships shared a link.
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# Marak Squires, the developer of popular open source npm libraries…

*January 16, 2022 · Facebook*

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[https://gitcoin.co/grants/](https://gitcoin.co/grants/){target="_blank"}
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Marak Squires, the developer of popular open source npm libraries \"faker\" and \"colors\" decided to intentionally introduce an infinite loop that bricked thousands of projects that depend on the libraries:\
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[https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/dev-corrupts-npm-libs-colors-and-faker-breaking-thousands-of-apps/](https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/dev-corrupts-npm-libs-colors-and-faker-breaking-thousands-of-apps/){target="_blank"}\
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The decision to break his own code appears to have been driven by anger that companies that depended on his code didn\'t provide sufficient financial support for him:\
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[https://web.archive.org/web/20210704022108/https://github.com/Marak/faker.js/issues/1046](https://web.archive.org/web/20210704022108/https://github.com/Marak/faker.js/issues/1046){target="_blank"}\
[https://web.archive.org/web/20220105101202/https://twitter.com/marak/status/1320465599319990272](https://web.archive.org/web/20220105101202/https://twitter.com/marak/status/1320465599319990272){target="_blank"}\
[https://web.archive.org/web/20210609195556/https://twitter.com/marak/status/1325612104808886274](https://web.archive.org/web/20210609195556/https://twitter.com/marak/status/1325612104808886274){target="_blank"}\
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Amongst the discussion, there were several links to projects intended to make it easier for companies to support open source projects:\
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[https://xscode.com/](https://xscode.com/){target="_blank"}\
[https://maintainer.io/](https://maintainer.io/){target="_blank"}\
[https://tidelift.com/](https://tidelift.com/){target="_blank"}\
[https://gitcoin.co/grants/](https://gitcoin.co/grants/){target="_blank"}\
[https://blog.xscode.com/736/the-right-sponsor-for-your-open-source-project/](https://blog.xscode.com/736/the-right-sponsor-for-your-open-source-project/){target="_blank"}\
[http://techrights.org/index/](http://techrights.org/index/){target="_blank"}\
[http://hook.io/](http://hook.io/){target="_blank"}
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