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What Happens to Your GitHub, npm Packages, and Open Source Projects When You Die

Your code outlives you. Your accounts don't. Your npm packages keep being downloaded a million times a week with nobody at the wheel. A look at what actually happens to a developer's open source footprint after death — and why the bus factor of half the internet is one.

May 11, 2026 Read more