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Fixfest is a global gathering of repairers, tinkerers, and activists

https://fixfest.therestartproject.org/
84•robtherobber•1h ago•5 comments

JSLinux Now Supports x86_64

https://bellard.org/jslinux/
70•TechTechTech•2h ago•15 comments

Building a Procedural Hex Map with Wave Function Collapse

https://felixturner.github.io/hex-map-wfc/article/
122•imadr•2h ago•25 comments

Show HN: The Mog Programming Language

https://moglang.org
25•belisarius222•1h ago•5 comments

Launch HN: Terminal Use (YC W26) – Vercel for filesystem-based agents

36•filipbalucha•2h ago•18 comments

Restoring a Sun SPARCstation IPX Part 1: PSU and Nvram

https://www.rs-online.com/designspark/restoring-a-sun-sparcstation-ipx-part-1-psu-and-nvram
61•ibobev•3h ago•26 comments

Show HN: DenchClaw – Local CRM on Top of OpenClaw

https://github.com/DenchHQ/DenchClaw
38•kumar_abhirup•4h ago•27 comments

Fontcrafter: Turn Your Handwriting into a Real Font

https://arcade.pirillo.com/fontcrafter.html
347•rendx•9h ago•114 comments

Flash media longevity testing – 6 years later

https://old.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/1q6xnun/flash_media_longevity_testing_6_years_later/
83•1970-01-01•1d ago•34 comments

What I Always Wanted to Know about Second Class Values

https://dl.acm.org/doi/epdf/10.1145/3759427.3760373
14•todsacerdoti•2h ago•2 comments

Jolla on track to ship new phone with Sailfish OS, user-replaceable battery

https://liliputing.com/the-new-jolla-phone-with-sailfish-os-is-on-track-to-start-shipping-in-the-...
103•heresie-dabord•2h ago•55 comments

Oil Is Near a Price That Hurts the Economy

https://www.wsj.com/business/energy-oil/oil-is-already-near-a-price-that-hurts-the-economy-3cebcfdc
33•JumpCrisscross•34m ago•20 comments

Ireland shuts last coal plant, becomes 15th coal-free country in Europe (2025)

https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/06/20/ireland-coal-free-ends-coal-power-generation-moneypoint/
689•robin_reala•8h ago•417 comments

Reverse-engineering the UniFi inform protocol

https://tamarack.cloud/blog/reverse-engineering-unifi-inform-protocol
109•baconomatic•6h ago•44 comments

An opinionated take on how to do important research that matters

https://nicholas.carlini.com/writing/2026/how-to-win-a-best-paper-award.html
20•mad•2h ago•1 comments

FreeBSD Capsicum vs. Linux Seccomp Process Sandboxing

https://vivianvoss.net/blog/capsicum-vs-seccomp
84•vermaden•6h ago•27 comments

Algebraic topology: knots links and braids

https://aeb.win.tue.nl/at/algtop-5.html
39•marysminefnuf•4h ago•3 comments

US Court of Appeals: TOS may be updated by email, use can imply consent [pdf]

https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/memoranda/2026/03/03/25-403.pdf
478•dryadin•12h ago•370 comments

The optimal age to freeze eggs is 19

https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/dxffBxGqt2eidxwRR/the-optimal-age-to-freeze-eggs-is-19
29•surprisetalk•4h ago•20 comments

DARPA's new X-76 Experimental Plane

https://www.darpa.mil/news/2026/darpa-new-x-76-speed-of-jet-freedom-of-helicopter
51•newer_vienna•2h ago•46 comments

Rethinking Syntax: Binding by Adjacency

https://github.com/manifold-systems/manifold/blob/master/docs/articles/binding_exprs.md
4•owlstuffing•1d ago•1 comments

Is legal the same as legitimate: AI reimplementation and the erosion of copyleft

https://writings.hongminhee.org/2026/03/legal-vs-legitimate/
131•dahlia•3h ago•129 comments

Show HN: VS Code Agent Kanban: Task Management for the AI-Assisted Developer

https://www.appsoftware.com/blog/introducing-vs-code-agent-kanban-task-management-for-the-ai-assi...
79•gbro3n•8h ago•36 comments

FFmpeg at Meta: Media Processing at Scale

https://engineering.fb.com/2026/03/02/video-engineering/ffmpeg-at-meta-media-processing-at-scale/
172•sudhakaran88•13h ago•78 comments

The Window Chrome of Our Discontent

https://pxlnv.com/blog/window-chrome-of-our-discontent/
123•zdw•2d ago•67 comments

Grammarly is offering ‘expert’ AI reviews from famous dead and living writers

https://www.wired.com/story/grammarly-is-offering-expert-ai-reviews-from-your-favorite-authors-de...
101•jmsflknr•4d ago•119 comments

Segagaga Has Been Translated into English

https://www.thedreamcastjunkyard.co.uk/2026/02/segagaga-has-finally-been-translated.html
84•nanna•1d ago•33 comments

Unlocking Python's Cores:Energy Implications of Removing the GIL

https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.04782
100•runningmike•3d ago•74 comments

Lazy JWT Key Rotation in .NET: Redis-Powered JWKS That Just Works

https://www.aaronpina.com/lazy-jwt-key-rotation-in-net-redis-powered-jwks-that-just-works/
12•aaronpina•1d ago•7 comments

Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (March 2026)

251•david927•18h ago•922 comments
Open in hackernews

Building my npx business card

https://ashley.dev/posts/turning-feedback-into-features/
8•edent•9mo ago

Comments

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."