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Building my npx business card

https://ashley.dev/posts/turning-feedback-into-features/
8•edent•7mo ago

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steele•7mo ago
Ooh, free real estate, let's colonize and gentrify package management
aabhay•7mo ago
Lmao, gentrify cracked me up
neilv•7mo ago
Do these npx business cards run arbitrary code on your computer?
cypherpunks01•7mo 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•7mo 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•7mo ago
Yeah, this seems like a very smart but inherently flawed idea.
cypherpunks01•7mo 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•7mo ago
May as well just release an executable tbh.
theamk•7mo 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•7mo 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•7mo 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."

A website to destroy all websites

https://henry.codes/writing/a-website-to-destroy-all-websites/
119•g0xA52A2A•1h ago•43 comments

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https://ciechanow.ski/cameras-and-lenses/
294•sebg•5h ago•25 comments

Can Bundler Be as Fast as Uv?

https://tenderlovemaking.com/2025/12/29/can-bundler-be-as-fast-as-uv/
25•ibobev•55m ago•3 comments

Linux is good now; to feel like you actually own your PC, put Linux on it

https://www.pcgamer.com/software/linux/im-brave-enough-to-say-it-linux-is-good-now-and-if-you-wan...
255•Vinnl•1h ago•195 comments

Show HN: OpenWorkers – Self-hosted Cloudflare workers in Rust

https://openworkers.com/introducing-openworkers
321•max_lt•7h ago•104 comments

Dell's version of the DGX Spark fixes pain points

https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/dells-version-dgx-spark-fixes-pain-points
57•thomasjb•3h ago•16 comments

Python numbers every programmer should know

https://mkennedy.codes/posts/python-numbers-every-programmer-should-know/
224•WoodenChair•7h ago•103 comments

BYD Sells 4.6M Vehicles in 2025, Meets Revised Sales Goal

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111•toomuchtodo•6h ago•133 comments

2025 Letter

https://danwang.co/2025-letter/
209•Amorymeltzer•8h ago•121 comments

Gemini 3.0 Deciphered the Mystery of a Nuremberg Chronicle Leaf's

https://blog.gdeltproject.org/gemini-as-indiana-jones-how-gemini-3-0-deciphered-the-mystery-of-a-...
48•kilroy123•4h ago•12 comments

iOS allows alternative browser engines in Japan

https://developer.apple.com/support/alternative-browser-engines-jp/
314•eklavya•9h ago•236 comments

Straussian Memes: A Lens on Techniques for Mass Persuasion

https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/CAwnnKoFdcQucq4hG/straussian-memes-a-lens-on-techniques-for-mass-...
5•kp1197•1h ago•2 comments

C-events, yet another event loop, simpler, smaller, faster, safer

https://zelang-dev.github.io/c-events/
47•thetechstech•6d ago•7 comments

Building an internal agent: Code-driven vs. LLM-driven workflows

https://lethain.com/agents-coordinators/
39•pavel_lishin•3h ago•11 comments

Quickemu: Quickly create and run optimised Windows, macOS and Linux VMs

https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu
86•teekert•2d ago•12 comments

How to construct complex data declaratively and progressively?

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11•tank-34•5d ago•0 comments

Bluetooth Headphone Jacking: A Key to Your Phone [video]

https://media.ccc.de/v/39c3-bluetooth-headphone-jacking-a-key-to-your-phone
395•AndrewDucker•11h ago•129 comments

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https://kuber.studio/blog/Reflections/Prompting-People
12•kuberwastaken•2h ago•4 comments

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https://media.ccc.de/v/39c3-all-my-deutschlandtickets-gone-fraud-at-an-industrial-scale
77•Kyro38•4d ago•23 comments

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https://catalog.archives.gov/id/133360601
6•handfuloflight•6d ago•0 comments

I rebooted my social life

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292•edent•11h ago•232 comments

Build a Deep Learning Library

https://zekcrates.quarto.pub/deep-learning-library/
86•butanyways•7h ago•12 comments

Common Lisp SDK for the Datastar Hypermedia Framework

https://github.com/fsmunoz/datastar-cl
61•fsmunoz•6h ago•7 comments

Memory Subsystem Optimizations

https://johnnysswlab.com/memory-subsystem-optimizations/
35•mfiguiere•4h ago•9 comments

Street-Fighting Mathematics (2008)

https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/18-098-street-fighting-mathematics-january-iap-2008/pages/readings/
8•mpweiher•4h ago•3 comments

Cycling Game (Mini Neural Net Demo)

https://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~ajd/Cycling/
7•ungreased0675•1h ago•1 comments

Love your customers

https://bcantrill.dtrace.org/2025/12/31/love-your-customers/
79•chmaynard•1d ago•16 comments

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Implementing HNSW (Hierarchical Navigable Small World) Vector Search in PHP

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75•centamiv•6h ago•15 comments

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https://automatewithtasker.com/
11•schnetzlerjoe•1h ago•5 comments