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Keep Our Servers Running

https://blog.archive.org/2026/09/01/keep-our-servers-running-your-recurring-donation-goes-3x-this...
403•sonicrocketman•5h ago•93 comments

Programming is Art

https://orchidfiles.com/programming-is-art/
17•theorchid•1h ago•2 comments

Making a Python interpreter in 1024 bytes

https://austinhenley.com/blog/python1024.html
219•azhenley•9h ago•82 comments

Ask HN: How do you manage skills files?

111•imadtaieber•13h ago•99 comments

It took a year to ship WebAssembly in Anubis

https://anubis.techaro.lol/blog/2026/anubis-wasm/
265•xena•12h ago•133 comments

Ask HN: Fable hacked my piano, can I release the results?

149•jmpman•1d ago•90 comments

Show HN: Engrim – A universal, local-first SQLite memory engine for AI CLIs

https://github.com/timgordontg/engrim
31•timgordontg•4h ago•8 comments

Nitter and XCancel resume service after legal advice

https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/commit/1428b4c2b4246f92a7e5b2673438e5fb39fcc4a3
726•zImPatrick•15h ago•315 comments

GrapheneOS Overhauled Default Apps and Secure Clipboard

https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/117225539756835649
287•Cider9986•12h ago•202 comments

Show HN: GET Together – A social network where you don't need POST to Post

https://gettogether.dev
49•nchudleigh•7h ago•20 comments

Has anybody seen my keys? A key-hierarchy strategy for rack-level security

https://rfd.shared.oxide.computer/rfd/0301
30•cyb0rg0•6h ago•1 comments

Harnessing the Universal Geometry of Embeddings

https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.12540
75•ur-whale•12h ago•27 comments

Research acceleration: The view inside OpenAI

https://openai.com/index/research-acceleration-view-inside-openai
171•iamsyr•18h ago•115 comments

Babylonian Lamb Stew with Beets (1750–1730 BCE)

https://babylonian-collection.yale.edu/about/babylonian-cooking
141•yubblegum•3d ago•108 comments

TiVo to charge money for skipping commercials in your own recordings

https://cordcuttersnews.com/tivo-plans-to-end-free-automatic-commercial-skipping-in-november-test...
63•dmitrygr•4h ago•25 comments

I'm a seeing-eye dog for a computer

https://claytonwramsey.com/blog/seeing-eye/
68•claytonwramsey•3d ago•68 comments

NIXI has killed the "Dot In" domain name (2025)

https://www.naavi.org/wp/nixi-has-killed-the-dot-in-domain-name/
8•pkd•3d ago•3 comments

Switzerland's Federal Government Is Replacing Microsoft on 3k Computers

https://itsfoss.com/news/switzerland-replace-microssoft-pilot/
103•ivell•3h ago•74 comments

Asahi Linux on M3

https://asahilinux.org/2026/09/m2-episode-1/
465•mdp2021•19h ago•283 comments

The NX bit is not just about security

https://purplesyringa.moe/blog/guest/the-nx-bit-is-not-just-about-security/
70•torutofu•2d ago•35 comments

Is mathematics about to enter the conservatory?

https://mbmccoy.dev/posts/mathematical-conservatory/
45•_alternator_•10h ago•65 comments

Please don't rearrange our shoes when we turn up, paramedics in Japan urge

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/28/never-tidy-paramedics-shoes-japan-custom-etiquette
106•high_na_euv•3d ago•115 comments

An Alien Mind

https://openai.com/index/an-alien-mind/
407•tosh•16h ago•356 comments

Signing TLS handshakes inside a TPM

https://bschaatsbergen.com/posts/go-tpm-tls/
25•bschaatsbergen•12h ago•34 comments

NetBSD 9.5 released and EOL for NetBSD-9

https://blog.netbsd.org/tnf/entry/netbsd_9_5_released_and
132•jaypatelani•17h ago•12 comments

Show HN: Mador – Make any DOM reactive with a tiny 80-line Proxy state tuple

https://github.com/marsbos/mador
87•bosmarcel•12h ago•28 comments

Black Hole of Los Alamos: Seller of surplus nuclear research materials (2011)

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/black-hole-of-los-alamos
64•Bluestein•4d ago•15 comments

LG smart TVs caught logging audio with screen off and snooping on local devices

https://www.notebookcheck.net/LG-smart-TVs-caught-logging-audio-with-screen-off-and-snooping-on-l...
18•chris_overseas•2h ago•2 comments

Reverse engineering the storage format for an undocumented database

https://blog.glazer.ee/posts/converting-cronos/
53•pintprint•3d ago•5 comments

It's time for Mark Zuckerberg to resign from Meta

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/commentisfree/2026/sep/04/mark-zuckerberg-resign-meta
38•domhudson•1h ago•49 comments
Open in hackernews

Building my npx business card

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

Comments

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."