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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•12mo ago
Ooh, free real estate, let's colonize and gentrify package management
aabhay•12mo ago
Lmao, gentrify cracked me up
neilv•12mo ago
Do these npx business cards run arbitrary code on your computer?
cypherpunks01•12mo 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•12mo 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•12mo ago
Yeah, this seems like a very smart but inherently flawed idea.
cypherpunks01•12mo 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•12mo ago
May as well just release an executable tbh.
theamk•12mo 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•12mo 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•12mo 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."

GenCAD

https://gencad.github.io/
202•dagenix•7h ago•42 comments

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https://github.com/tech4bot/rk3562deb
294•tech4bot•16h ago•133 comments

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https://askanastronaut.issinrealtime.org/
83•gaws•2d ago•8 comments

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https://www.metalevel.at/prolog/horror
87•RohanAdwankar•8h ago•28 comments

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54•HellMood•6h ago•3 comments

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https://sites.math.rutgers.edu/~zeilberg/Opinion82.html
30•susam•1d ago•5 comments

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https://github.com/MinishLab/semble
247•Bibabomas•13h ago•78 comments

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154•ChrisArchitect•7h ago•128 comments

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74•DASD•2d ago•7 comments

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https://hardware.majix.org/computers/sgi/buyers-guide.shtml
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55•gmays•3d ago•14 comments

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https://xca-attacks.github.io/fabricked/
41•negura•7h ago•21 comments

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https://github.com/ABGEO/mezz
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90•walterbell•2d ago•39 comments

CUDA Books

https://github.com/alternbits/awesome-cuda-books
164•dariubs•16h ago•34 comments

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OIxzewWilc
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207•celsoazevedo•1d ago•207 comments

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https://unplannedobsolescence.com/blog/prolog-basics-pokemon/
225•birdculture•2d ago•36 comments

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https://frederickvanbrabant.com/blog/2026-05-15-i-dont-think-ai-will-make-your-processes-go-faster/
530•TheEdonian•17h ago•374 comments

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173•crescit_eundo•3d ago•142 comments

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123•leonidasrup•3d ago•23 comments

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88•bushwart•17h ago•93 comments

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https://spectrum.ieee.org/payphone-voip
138•bookofjoe•9h ago•41 comments

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178•ibobev•2d ago•177 comments

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https://www.jdhodges.com/blog/thinkpad-history/
80•zdw•7h ago•42 comments

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13•RyeCombinator•1h ago•0 comments

A nicer voltmeter clock

https://lcamtuf.substack.com/p/a-nicer-voltmeter-clock
324•surprisetalk•1d ago•43 comments

Colossus: The Forbin Project

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossus:_The_Forbin_Project
226•doener•3d ago•90 comments

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https://blog.mozilla.org/netpolicy/2026/05/15/mozilla-to-uk-regulators-vpns-are-essential-privacy...
685•WithinReason•23h ago•280 comments

AI is a technology not a product

https://daringfireball.net/2026/05/ai_is_technology_not_a_product
369•ch_sm•16h ago•160 comments