DAdaenney·Jul 9, 2019Submission
Webpack Doesn't Work on Monday (On Windows)
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| 2017 | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2025 | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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4 sourcesWebPack crashes asking for donations on Mondays
4 points · Open discussionLink to the GitHub issue in the tweet: https://github.com/JeffreyWay/laravel-mix/issues/2153
Link to the Webpack issue: https://github.com/webpack/webpack-cli/issues/962
Apparently it's caused by a bug with OS-specific code to check the last time a message asking for donations to the project was printed, so it doesn't ask too much. And this checking only happens on mondays for some reason... There's literally a "if (now.getDay() === MONDAY)".
In Webpack not working if its MondayWebpack not working if its Monday
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