With JavaScript in every corner of software development and npm in every corner right along with it, the rise of npm can be drawn as a hockey stick up and to the right with Isaac Schlueter at the top grinning ear to ear. After reading their recent announcement to hire a CEO, I knew it was time to talk one-on-one with Isaac about building npm and the journey of hiring his successor.

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Featuring:

• Isaac Schlueter – Twitter, GitHub, Website
• Adam Stacoviak – Mastodon, Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn, Website

Show Notes:

• npm, Inc. has a new CEO, Bryan Bogensberger
• enterprise.com/">npm for enterprises
• npm for orgs
• npm’s about page
• npm/cli on GitHub
• npm audit

Something missing or broken? talk-61.md">PRs welcome!