Jas and Rich discuss the pros and cons of Javascript and its ecosystem.

* [Synology Time Machine Backup](https://www.synology.com/en-global/knowledgebase/DSM/tutorial/Backup_Restore/How_to_back_up_files_from_Mac_to_Synology_NAS_with_Time_Machine)

* [Aeron](https://github.com/real-logic/aeron)

* [C++ Boost](https://www.boost.org/)

* [C++ Ace](http://www.dre.vanderbilt.edu/~schmidt/ACE.html)

* [WTF is es6, es8, es2017](https://codeburst.io/javascript-wtf-is-es6-es8-es-2017-ecmascript-dca859e4821c)

* [Programmer Humor Npm](https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammerHumor/comments/a14aiy/npm_in_a_nutshell/?st=JP1BI4BI&sh=b509cf95)

* [Yarn](https://yarnpkg.com/lang/en/ )

* [Leftpad incident](https://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/03/23/npm_left_pad_chaos/)

* [Npm](https://www.npmjs.com/)

* [Yarn Lock file](https://yarnpkg.com/lang/en/docs/yarn-lock/)

* [iojs and node fork history](http://anandmanisankar.com/posts/nodejs-iojs-why-the-fork/ )

* [Semver](https://semver.org/)

* [NPM breakdown of event stream incident](https://blog.npmjs.org/post/180565383195/details-about-the-event-stream-incident )

* [Greenkeeper](https://greenkeeper.io/ ) (Not Greenthumb as Rich said)

* [State of JS 2018 survey](https://2018.stateofjs.com/)

* [GSON](https://github.com/google/gson)

* [React Licensing Controversy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/React_(JavaScript_library)#Licensing_controversy)

* [Linus Feuding with pre-git version control system](https://lwn.net/Articles/130746/)