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		ricardobeat on Sept 17, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Lodash just declared issue bankruptcy and closed e... Lodash itself started as a 'better' version of underscore.js, and ended up bloated and over-engineering exactly as the prophecy says. If anything, this 3rd system will hit the right balance :)

tacitusarc on Sept 18, 2023 [–]

Lodash started because underscore violated semver by releasing breaking changes as a minor version update.

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