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Building my npx business card

https://ashley.dev/posts/turning-feedback-into-features/
8•edent•1y ago

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steele•1y ago
Ooh, free real estate, let's colonize and gentrify package management
aabhay•1y ago
Lmao, gentrify cracked me up
neilv•1y ago
Do these npx business cards run arbitrary code on your computer?
cypherpunks01•1y 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•1y 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•1y ago
Yeah, this seems like a very smart but inherently flawed idea.
cypherpunks01•1y 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•1y ago
May as well just release an executable tbh.
theamk•1y 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•1y 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•1y 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://github.com/mitmproxy/mitmproxy/commit/169234499088fc2c414644a67efaed3d64ae2e3b
218•ahlCVA•2h ago•56 comments

Security Disclosure

https://blog.railway.com/p/security-disclosure-wednesday-october-21st
323•passenger•4h ago•164 comments

There isn't an easy exploit for this PHP vulnerability

https://eliastaylor.com/noexploit/
176•zkldi•3h ago•85 comments

GitLab Critical Patch Release

https://docs.gitlab.com/releases/patches/patch-release-gitlab-19-5-1-released/
256•artooro•7h ago•64 comments

Rust Style Guide

https://google.github.io/styleguide/rustguide.html
215•kaycebasques•7h ago•120 comments

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https://safedep.io/litellm-pypi-compromise-credential-stealer-backdoor/
443•abhisek•12h ago•148 comments

No more icons in every menu by default

https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2026/icons-in-every-menu/
188•riffraff•1d ago•131 comments

LLM Agents Play Pokemon Showdown

https://olivergrabner.com/research/pokemon/
3•grabnero•10m ago•0 comments

Chain of Thought for Humans

https://www.boristhebrave.com/2026/10/18/chain-of-thought-for-humans/
34•ibobev•2d ago•13 comments

Meta ordered to pay $25B penalty in New Mexico Cambridge Analytica case

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/21/meta-new-mexico-cambridge-analytica-penalty.html
393•cbg0•8h ago•247 comments

Today's PHP security release, and how we're strengthening security

https://thephp.foundation/blog/2026/10/21/todays-php-security-release-and-how-were-strengthening-...
688•ejohnso49•10h ago•338 comments

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https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp814l80pw2o
159•bryanrasmussen•1d ago•25 comments

Beyond the &

https://lwn.net/Articles/1096028/
12•PaulHoule•1d ago•0 comments

PingCap TiDB Leaks

https://fulcrumsec.vg/pingcap/
216•swyx•1d ago•32 comments

OpenAI models are coming to Google Cloud

https://openai.com/index/openai-models-google-cloud/
243•armcat•13h ago•105 comments

Patch the Planet: global response coordination as agents uncover vulnerabilities

https://openai.com/index/coordinated-disclosure-of-critical-vulnerabilities/
236•nr378•12h ago•162 comments

DuckDB 2.0.0 LTS “Cinnamon Teal”

https://duckdb.org/2026/10/21/announcing-duckdb-200
369•nnx•12h ago•48 comments

Why Windows 11 still ships with Windows 95's memory manager hidden inside it

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139•khalidkhair•2d ago•96 comments

Honey, I shrunk the TV

https://cakehonolulu.github.io/honey-i-shrunk-the-tv/
9•cakehonolulu•2d ago•19 comments

Code is clay now

https://www.albertodenia.com/writing/code-is-clay-now
97•albertodenia•2d ago•53 comments

EA is shutting down BioWare

https://www.theverge.com/games/1015647/ea-is-shutting-down-bioware
542•aaronbrethorst•8h ago•323 comments

Launch HN: Alter (YC S25) – Access control for multi-user agents

https://alterauth.com/
53•simfinii•19h ago•22 comments

Oregon lawmakers approve money to buy an iconic waterfall listed on Redfin

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172•surprisetalk•11h ago•84 comments

PHP 8.2.35

https://github.com/php/php-src/releases/tag/php-8.2.35
977•tuyuri•12h ago•535 comments

When Do We Become the Person We Ought to Be?

https://www.graphsaboutreligion.com/p/when-do-we-become-the-person-we-ought
17•toomuchtodo•2h ago•14 comments

The era of speedball capitalism

https://www.economist.com/business/2026/09/30/the-era-of-speedball-capitalism-has-dawned
27•mikhael•1h ago•10 comments

Claude Duet

https://claude.com/product/claude-duet
320•kuberwastaken•7h ago•280 comments

Κ = 0.003 for integer multiplication crossed

https://github.com/CrocSwap/integer-mult-bounds/pull/4441
28•aleph_minus_one•3h ago•18 comments

Airbnb bans making guests do dishes and take out the trash

https://www.theverge.com/tech/1015844/airbnb-chores-house-rules-update
114•babelfish•2h ago•98 comments

The Rise and Fall of the Plasma Screen

https://www.construction-physics.com/p/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-plasma-screen
38•surprisetalk•2d ago•23 comments