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Just shipped zachleat@42.0.0 www.npmjs.com/package/zach...

Also posted to Mastodon.

97 replies

Kilian Valkhof Mastodon 4 min later

@zachleat 🥳
Matthias Ott Bluesky 5 min later

Happy birthday! 🎂🎉🎈🤗
1. Zach Leatherman Bluesky 6 min later
  
  Thanks Matthias!! 🙌
London Web Standards Mastodon 8 min later

@zachleat Happy magic Birthday
1. Zach Leatherman Mastodon 9 min later
  
  @webstandards thank you!
Dave Letorey Bluesky 16 min later

And now you know the meaning of life right??
Happy Birthday!
1. Michael Bluesky 20 min later
  
  He knows the answer to the ultimate question.
  
  In order to find out what the actual question is...
2. Zach Leatherman Bluesky 25 min later
  
  I know it but not well enough to teach it to anyone
⭑ salma Bluesky 18 min later

good day of birth to you, sir
reaper Bluesky 24 min later

A happy birthday to you
1. Zach Leatherman Bluesky 26 min later
  
  the (grim?) reaper wishing me a happy birthday is a new one 😅
  1. reaper Bluesky 27 min later
    
    already a job to keep track of it, might as well wish 🤷‍♂️
    1. Zach Leatherman Bluesky 32 min later
      
      hahahaha 💀 …wait
      1. reaper Bluesky 34 min later
        
        reaper Bluesky 36 min later
        
        kidding aside, wish you an amazing day and life ahead!
        
        Zach Leatherman Bluesky 45 min later
        
        I love a good banter, thank you!
westbrook Mastodon 25 min later

@zachleat The versions on this thing are really getting out of hand Zach. How does one even keep up!?!
Congrats on another successful release, however 😉 🎂
1. Zach Leatherman Mastodon 27 min later
  
  @westbrook when we hit triple digits we’re going to break some bad parsing code out there
Private reply Bluesky 27 min later
dan leatherman Mastodon 35 min later

@zachleat how does this have 7 weekly downloads...also happy day to you!
1. Zach Leatherman Mastodon 44 min later
  
  @danleatherman the internet is 60% bots
Jason Garber Mastodon 37 min later

@zachleat Here’s hoping it’s a bug-free release. No breaking changes? 👏🏻🥳
1. Zach Leatherman Mastodon 44 min later
  
  @jgarber as always in this conversation I must reply with “define breaking” 😅
Lynn Fisher Mastodon 40 min later

@zachleat 💃
Michael Scharnagl Mastodon 45 min later

@zachleat 🥳
Mike Aparicio Bluesky 46 min later

Happy birthday, buddy! 🎉🥳🍻
1. Zach Leatherman Bluesky 2 hr later
  
  Thanks Mike!
Sara Joy Mastodon 53 min later

@zachleat 🎈🎂
Raymond Camden Mastodon 54 min later

@zachleat HBD :)
Bryan Robinson Bluesky 1 hr later

Many happy returns of the day!

Also, super concerning to me that in a week last year, this package had 30 downloads... Not even on your birthday!
1. Zach Leatherman Bluesky 1 hr later
  
  Thank you! The long tail of bots will continue to sustain npm downloads for years to come! 😅
  1. Henri Helvetica 🧑🏾‍🚀🇭🇹 Bluesky 4 hr later
    
    Ah man. 🎂. Happy Jackie Robinson!
    1. Zach Leatherman Bluesky 5 hr later
      
      Thank you very much!!
      1. Henri Helvetica 🧑🏾‍🚀🇭🇹 Bluesky 5 hr later
        
        super welcome man! Let's catch up soon. A few things to bring up. That said, I hope you took the day off and ENJOY. PS -- make sure to take a very deep breath: 42 candles are a lot to blow out. 🌬️
        
        Zach Leatherman Bluesky 8 hr later
        
        that would be great!
Cory Dransfeldt Mastodon 1 hr later

@zachleat 🎉
Khalid ⚡ Mastodon 1 hr later

@zachleat Does this new release support the latest version of React? 🦆
1. Zach Leatherman Mastodon 2 hr later
  
  @khalidabuhakmeh *eyes narrow*
Bob Monsour Mastodon 1 hr later

@zachleat Sending eleventy billion good wishes your way.
1. Zach Leatherman Mastodon 2 hr later
  
  @bobmonsour thank you Bob!! Appreciate you!
Max Böck Mastodon 1 hr later

@zachleat congrats! 🎉 any breaking changes?
1. Zach Leatherman Mastodon 2 hr later
  
  @mxbck this is a question for my doctor 😅
  1. Max Böck Mastodon 2 hr later
    
    @zachleat v36.0.0 introduced some persistent bugs for me, notably the inability to get out of a chair without triggering DAD_NOISE.wav playback.
    1. Private reply Mastodon 2 hr later
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        Private reply Mastodon 23 hr later
        
        Private reply Mastodon 1 day later
    2. Moritz Glantz Mastodon 3 hr later
      
      @mxbck @zachleat at least your sound is high quality! Right now I sound more like a 32 kbit/s MP3 (that may be the flu speaking)
    3. Chris Finazzo Mastodon 1 day later
      
      @mxbck @zachleat I would have gladly tolerated that bug.
      I'm told that 2 COBOL programmers attempted to ship simultaneous releases on different branches in late 1986, rushed to deploy into production months before the code was done...and misplaced the punchcards which describe how to apply thermal paste around the custom coprocessor.
      This architectural flaw resulted in a cascade of failures partway through the v36 support window.
Noah Liebman Mastodon 1 hr later

@zachleat happy birthday! 🥳
1. Zach Leatherman Mastodon 2 hr later
  
  @noleli thanks Noah!
Jim Nielsen Mastodon 1 hr later

@zachleat brb, gonna submit a PR that rewrites this entire repo in TypeScript. As a birthday present for you!
1. Zach Leatherman Mastodon 2 hr later
  
  @jimniels PRs welcome*
  *closed with malice
Rik Schennink Bluesky 1 hr later

Breaking changes! 😱

Congrats 🤗
1. Zach Leatherman Bluesky 1 hr later
  
  v41 was Node 18+ too, if that helps 😅
  1. Rik Schennink Bluesky 2 hr later
    
    A very up to date Zach package.
Aleš Roubíček Mastodon 1 hr later

@zachleat Happy B-Day!
Mia [data-css=poetic] Mastodon 1 hr later

@zachleat The upgrade we've all (7) been waiting for! 🥳 Congrats Mr Leat!
1. Zach Leatherman Mastodon 2 hr later
  
  @mia there are 7 of us!!! (thank you!)
Tim Severien Mastodon 2 hr later

@zachleat Happy birthday!
Tyler Sticka Mastodon 2 hr later

@zachleat Happy birthday, Zach! 🥳
Private reply Bluesky 2 hr later
1. Zach Leatherman Bluesky 2 hr later
  
  thanks Kitt!
depone Mastodon 2 hr later

@zachleat happy release day* 🎉
* HBD!
cthos 🐱 Mastodon 2 hr later

@zachleat A WONDEROUS TURN OF THE SUN ORBIT TO YOU, FELLOW HUMAN.
1. Zach Leatherman Mastodon 23 hr later
  
  @cthos THANK YOU ALEX! THIS YEAR WILL BE GOOD BECAUSE IT IS NOT A LEAP YEAR SO IT WILL BE SHORTER PER OUR ARBITRARY CALENDARING SYSTEM
Private reply Mastodon 3 hr later
David Moll Bluesky 3 hr later

I wonder what the patchnotes would look like 😂 Happy Birthday
Christopher Kirk-Nielsen Mastodon 3 hr later

@zachleat Happy birthday Zach! Hope v42 improves on v41 in every way!
1. Zach Leatherman Mastodon 23 hr later
  
  @chriskirknielsen thank you!! 🙌
Private reply Mastodon 5 hr later
Barry Pollard Bluesky 5 hr later

Roll it back. I’m not sure it’s been tested sufficiently!

Many happy returns.
1. Zach Leatherman Bluesky 8 hr later
  
  I don’t think time works like this but let me know if you discover otherwise!
  1. Barry Pollard Bluesky 18 hr later
    
    I’m beginning to question your commitment Mr Leatherman!
    1. Zach Leatherman Bluesky 23 hr later
      
      please, mr. leatherman was my father. you can call me dr. leatherman (though I have no formal credentials)
      1. Barry Pollard Bluesky 23 hr later
        
        Master Leatherboy it is then!
        
        Zach Leatherman Bluesky 23 hr later
        
        …wait
Amelia Bellamy-Royds Mastodon 6 hr later

@zachleat I hope your dependencies remember to upgrade with cake & festivities today!
(My original joke was "Not too many breaking changes, I hope!" but then I read the replies of everyone else making that joke first.)
1. Zach Leatherman Mastodon 8 hr later
  
  @AmeliaBR let them eat cake!! …wait
Brian Kardell Bluesky 6 hr later

Congrats & HBD
patak Bluesky 6 hr later

Oh, I've been waiting for this one! I like how consistent you kept these train releases. Cheers for many great majors more Zach!
1. Zach Leatherman Bluesky 8 hr later
  
  Thank you so much! 🙌
leah 🛸 Bluesky 6 hr later

another breaking change already? it's only been a year since the last one 🙄
1. leah 🛸 Bluesky 6 hr later
  
  (happy birthday zach!)
2. Zach Leatherman Bluesky 8 hr later
  
  minor releases don’t pay the bills 😅
Alan Mastodon 7 hr later

@zachleat happy birthday! I'll be looking at an alansuspect v41.0.0 release on Sunday 😂
1. Zach Leatherman Mastodon 8 hr later
  
  @alansuspect nice — congrats!
Conor 👨🏻‍💻 Bluesky 9 hr later

Oh Zaaaaaaach…
Bramus Bluesky 14 hr later

Have a great one! 🎉

(Also: Go #Team1983!)
1. Zach Leatherman Bluesky 23 hr later
  
  yay! only 14 years after the moon landing! …wait
Christian "Schepp" Schaefer Bluesky 15 hr later

Congratulations 🎉 I hope you got sent a release cake from competing package maintainers! 🎂

Will 42.x be an LTS release or rather an experimental one? 🙂
Jan Lehnardt Mastodon 17 hr later

@zachleat happy birthday!
1. Zach Leatherman Mastodon 23 hr later
  
  @janl thank you Jan!!
Simon Cox Mastodon 23 hr later

@zachleat
Happy birthday Zach!
1. Zach Leatherman Mastodon 23 hr later
  
  @simoncox thanks Simon!
Juho Vepsäläinen Bluesky 1 day later

ZAAS has arrived.
1. Zach Leatherman Bluesky 1 day later
  
  no SLA!!