https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/04/01/npm_layoff_staff/

NPM, Inc, the company behind the widely used NPM JavaScript package repository, stands for Node Package Manager. Inside the small but vital biz, the name gave rise to an alternative de-abbreviation, Nice People Matter – but that might be about to change.

The San Francisco startup's dismissal of five people two week ago, however, didn't strike observers as particularly considerate. For an outfit that proclaims, "Compassion is our strategy," it rubbed those let go and members of the JavaScript community the wrong way.