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Building my npx business card

https://ashley.dev/posts/turning-feedback-into-features/
8•edent•6mo ago

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steele•6mo ago
Ooh, free real estate, let's colonize and gentrify package management
aabhay•6mo ago
Lmao, gentrify cracked me up
neilv•6mo ago
Do these npx business cards run arbitrary code on your computer?
cypherpunks01•6mo 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•6mo 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•6mo ago
Yeah, this seems like a very smart but inherently flawed idea.
cypherpunks01•6mo 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•6mo ago
May as well just release an executable tbh.
theamk•6mo 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•6mo 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•6mo 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."

Nano Banana Pro

https://blog.google/technology/ai/nano-banana-pro/
984•meetpateltech•15h ago•574 comments

Android and iPhone users can now share files, starting with the Pixel 10

https://blog.google/products/android/quick-share-airdrop/
598•abraham•13h ago•343 comments

WebAssembly from the Ground Up

https://wasmgroundup.com/
37•gurjeet•5d ago•5 comments

FEX-emu – Run x86 applications on ARM64 Linux devices

https://fex-emu.com/
148•open-paren•1w ago•45 comments

Over-regulation is doubling the cost

https://rein.pk/over-regulation-is-doubling-the-cost
142•bilsbie•8h ago•214 comments

New Glenn Update

https://www.blueorigin.com/news/new-glenn-upgraded-engines-subcooled-components-drive-enhanced-pe...
148•rbanffy•9h ago•74 comments

New OS aims to provide (some) compatibility with macOS

https://github.com/ravynsoft/ravynos
193•kasajian•10h ago•84 comments

Hilbert space: Treating functions as vectors

https://eli.thegreenplace.net/2025/hilbert-space-treating-functions-as-vectors/
37•signa11•1w ago•17 comments

NTSB Preliminary Report – UPS Boeing MD-11F Crash [pdf]

https://www.ntsb.gov/Documents/Prelimiary%20Report%20DCA26MA024.pdf
165•gregsadetsky•12h ago•167 comments

Data-at-Rest Encryption in DuckDB

https://duckdb.org/2025/11/19/encryption-in-duckdb
159•chmaynard•11h ago•16 comments

The Lions Operating System

https://lionsos.org
143•plunderer•12h ago•31 comments

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https://dfns.dyalog.com/tube_n_index.htm
8•shawa_a_a•4d ago•0 comments

Okta's NextJS-0auth troubles

https://joshua.hu/ai-slop-okta-nextjs-0auth-security-vulnerability
261•ramimac•2d ago•98 comments

GitHut – Programming Languages and GitHub (2014)

https://githut.info/
65•tonyhb•9h ago•22 comments

CBP is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with suspicious travel patterns

https://apnews.com/article/immigration-border-patrol-surveillance-drivers-ice-trump-9f5d05469ce8c...
651•jjwiseman•11h ago•719 comments

Free interactive tool that shows you how PCIe lanes work on motherboards

https://mobomaps.com
181•tagyro•1d ago•33 comments

Show HN: F32 – An Extremely Small ESP32 Board

https://github.com/PegorK/f32
220•pegor•1d ago•36 comments

Adversarial poetry as a universal single-turn jailbreak mechanism in LLMs

https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.15304
263•capgre•18h ago•140 comments

Microsoft makes Zork open-source

https://opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2025/11/20/preserving-code-that-shaped-generations-zork-i-i...
526•tabletcorry•12h ago•210 comments

Two recently found works of J.S. Bach presented in Leipzig [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hXzUGYIL9M#t=15m19s
132•Archelaos•3d ago•84 comments

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https://astral-os.org/posts/2025/10/31/astral-minecraft.html
153•avaliosdev•3d ago•16 comments

Interactive World History Atlas Since 3000 BC

http://geacron.com/home-en/
306•not_knuth•21h ago•131 comments

Launch HN: Poly (YC S22) – Cursor for Files

48•aabhay•13h ago•52 comments

Why top firms fire good workers

https://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/employee-turnover-why-top-firms-churn-good-workers-681832/
104•hhs•6h ago•110 comments

Exploring the Fragmentation of Wayland, an xdotool adventure

https://www.semicomplete.com/blog/xdotool-and-exploring-wayland-fragmentation/
72•viraptor•5d ago•45 comments

He built underground maze of light-filled earth homes in CA Sierras [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0bHhmpyKGg
36•surprisetalk•1w ago•10 comments

Ask HN: How are Markov chains so different from tiny LLMs?

150•JPLeRouzic•3d ago•101 comments

Show HN: Search London StreetView panoramas by text

https://london.publicinsights.uk
5•dfworks•12h ago•3 comments

Measuring Latency (2015)

https://bravenewgeek.com/everything-you-know-about-latency-is-wrong/
19•dempedempe•5h ago•8 comments

While Eyes Are on Takaichi, Taiwan's Lai Is Quietly Redefining the Status Quo

https://jonathancc.substack.com/p/while-eyes-are-on-takaichi-taiwans
4•jasondp•40m ago•1 comments