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Building my npx business card

https://ashley.dev/posts/turning-feedback-into-features/
8•edent•10mo ago

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steele•9mo ago
Ooh, free real estate, let's colonize and gentrify package management
aabhay•9mo ago
Lmao, gentrify cracked me up
neilv•9mo ago
Do these npx business cards run arbitrary code on your computer?
cypherpunks01•9mo ago
npx

Run a command from a local or remote npm package

Description

This command allows you to run an arbitrary command from an npm package (either one installed locally, or fetched remotely), in a similar context as running it via npm run.

neilv•9mo ago
Yes, then is a "command from an npm package" arbitrary code?

And what is this "similar context as running it via npm run"?

Would it be better to answer the question directly?

joshka•9mo ago
Yeah, this seems like a very smart but inherently flawed idea.
cypherpunks01•9mo ago
Yes I agree! OSS package management ecosystems are a great idea, but allowing submissions without any review or vetting is just asking for supply chain attacks.
Xss3•9mo ago
May as well just release an executable tbh.
theamk•9mo ago
Reminds me of JAPH [0] - a tiny Perl program that was used in email/newsgroup signature to give it personal touch.

[0] https://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=412464

watusername•9mo ago
Terminal business cards are a nice idea, but RCE business cards are just asking for trouble. Instead of npx, what happened to good'ol curl? Something like

$ curl ashley.dev

Some decades ago, we had finger (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finger_%28protocol%29) which is designed for this very use case. Sadly it's no longer installed by default with most distros:

$ finger @ashley.dev

queezey•9mo ago
This would be a great advertisement for security consulting.

"I was just able to run arbitrary code on your computer. Here is a sample of your recent browser history. Let me tell you help you mitigate your security vulnerabilities."

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https://claude.com/blog/1m-context-ga
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31•timhh•2d ago•4 comments

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601•johnbarron•23h ago•514 comments

You gotta think outside the hypercube

https://lcamtuf.substack.com/p/you-gotta-think-outside-the-hypercube
70•surprisetalk•3d ago•20 comments

A Survival Guide to a PhD (2016)

http://karpathy.github.io/2016/09/07/phd/
111•vismit2000•4d ago•60 comments

The Isolation Trap: Erlang

https://causality.blog/essays/the-isolation-trap/
57•enz•2d ago•9 comments

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https://github.com/drojaazu/megadev
9•XzetaU8•2h ago•0 comments

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https://channelsurfer.tv
524•kilroy123•2d ago•155 comments

Wired headphone sales are exploding

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260310-wired-headphones-are-better-than-bluetooth
159•billybuckwheat•2d ago•259 comments

Recursive Problems Benefit from Recursive Solutions

https://jnkr.tech/blog/recursive-benefits-recursive
26•luispa•3d ago•8 comments

Mouser: An open source alternative to Logi-Plus mouse software

https://github.com/TomBadash/MouseControl
326•avionics-guy•17h ago•93 comments

Hammerspoon

https://github.com/Hammerspoon/hammerspoon
291•tosh•17h ago•105 comments

I found 39 Algolia admin keys exposed across open source documentation sites

https://benzimmermann.dev/blog/algolia-docsearch-admin-keys
131•kernelrocks•12h ago•32 comments

AEP (API Design Standard and Tooling Ecosystem)

https://aep.dev/
19•rambleraptor•3d ago•6 comments

Can I run AI locally?

https://www.canirun.ai/
1243•ricardbejarano•23h ago•308 comments

Parallels confirms MacBook Neo can run Windows in a virtual machine

https://www.macrumors.com/2026/03/13/macbook-neo-runs-windows-11-vm/
274•tosh•21h ago•383 comments

How Lego builds a new Lego set

https://www.theverge.com/c/23991049/lego-ideas-polaroid-onestep-behind-the-scenes-price
6•Michelangelo11•13m ago•0 comments

Michael Faraday: Scientist and Nonconformist (1996)

http://silas.psfc.mit.edu/Faraday/
7•o4c•3d ago•0 comments

Atari 2600 BASIC Programming (2015)

https://huguesjohnson.com/programming/atari-2600-basic/
30•mondobe•2d ago•6 comments

Digg is gone again

https://digg.com/
204•hammerbrostime•16h ago•180 comments

Optimizing Content for Agents

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49•vinhnx•9h ago•19 comments

Games with loot boxes to get minimum 16 age rating across Europe

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cge84xqjg5lo
213•gostsamo•11h ago•125 comments

RAM kits are now sold with one fake RAM stick alongside a real one

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ram/fake-ram-bundled-with-real-ram-to-create-a-perform...
16•edward•1h ago•3 comments

I beg you to follow Crocker's Rules, even if you will be rude to me

https://lr0.org/blog/p/crocker/
79•ghd_•12h ago•118 comments

Emacs and Vim in the Age of AI

https://batsov.com/articles/2026/03/09/emacs-and-vim-in-the-age-of-ai/
155•psibi•4d ago•97 comments

New 'negative light' technology hides data transfers in plain sight

https://www.unsw.edu.au/newsroom/news/2026/03/New-negative-light-technology-hides-data-transfers-...
91•wjSgoWPm5bWAhXB•2d ago•55 comments

Coding after coders: The end of computer programming as we know it?

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/magazine/ai-coding-programming-jobs-claude-chatgpt.html?smid=u...
133•angst•2d ago•166 comments

Elon Musk pushes out more xAI founders as AI coding effort falters

https://www.ft.com/content/e5fbc6c2-d5a6-4b97-a105-6a96ea849de5
447•merksittich•19h ago•669 comments

Using Thunderbird for RSS

https://rubenerd.com/using-thunderbird-for-rss/
104•ingve•4d ago•31 comments

Our Experience with I-Ready

https://moultano.wordpress.com/2026/03/12/our-experience-with-i-ready/
74•barry-cotter•11h ago•26 comments