worstpractices

WorstPractices.js -- A library to cause all the problems you didn't know you had

I know the repo should have a hyphen if I wanted to refer to it as WorstPractices and not Worstpractices, but that would be a best practice.

MISSION

Does your app have dependencies? Do you worry about them causing problems?

What if you could make those problems happen now?

Introducing WorstPractices.js, a library that will try its best to reversibly break your app.

Inspired by Netflix's Simian Army and finally motivated by this delightful chain of events, this library will gradually add some JS and NPM-related scripts that can ideally raise weaknesses or vulnerabilities in your code/build. When you feel like testing the resiliency of your app, you can either try a specific script to see the damage, or let WorstPractices choose a random one for you.

Also, if I see an opportunity for this repo to update in a way that can highlight weaknesses (other than unpublishing the repo), I'll do that and mention it in the changelog or release notes. So lock your version number or get ready for a Wild Ride.

CONTRIBUTION

Since there are countless unknown ways your app might screw up (and I'm only one person), I'm hoping to build this library with the help of the JS & Node community.

Here are the only rules I currently have for contributions:

• They must not cause any irreversible damage to an app's code or build (no rm -rf, except maybe inside /node_modules)
• They must highlight a weakness or vulnerability that is worth finding (leave the style linting to the linters)
• They try to follow the Node Contribution Guidelines. This library is already designed to be frustrating, so we might as well keep the community around it as light-hearted as possible.