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A couple of good reads on nvm dev Jordan Harband (@ljharb), and great context for understanding the scope and potential importance of $NVM. Jordan is one of the most prolific figures in open source. Beyond nvm, he manages critical web infrastructure and has singlehandedly maintained mission-critical dependencies like minimist (over 100 million weekly downloads on npm and serving as a fundamental dependency for tens of thousands of JavaScript projects! npmjs.com/package/minimist). minimistjs almost disappeared overnight when the previous maintainer decided to delete their account. Jordan watched the dependencies disappear one by one, then stepped in alongside GitHub and Tidelift to recover the repos and take over ownership before the broader web2 stack broke. Others repos he maintains include qs, core polyfills (es5-shim, es6-shim), and the Airbnb JavaScript Style Guide. He also serves as a TC39 delegate shaping official ECMAScript standards and sits on the OpenJS Foundation Board of Directors. "How a lone maintainer of over 450 JavaScript packages keeps them well maintained and secure": assets-eu-01.kc-usercontent.… "Jordan’s open-source sweet spot is transitive dependencies. He lives in the glue work—the foundational projects holding the entire JavaScript ecosystem together." He frequently speaks and writes about open-source sustainability, ethics, burnout prevention, and equitable compensation for software maintainers: dev.to/sustain/episode-77-jo… His contributions are widely recognized across the developer ecosystem. GitHub featured him on their official channel for a deep dive into his work and open-source ethics: youtube.com/live/rrOZTm5m9sk… Understanding the sheer scale of unfunded infrastructure he stewards underscores why tokenized public-goods models like $NVM are so vital. 3ArcxqLtXMmBnWbbtfwQgVL3MNnDsggzgGDtXMnjpump