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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."

NVIDIA Announces CEO Transition

https://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/nvidia-announces-ceo-transition
1110•lldb•2h ago•952 comments

Anthropic IPO

https://ipo.anthropic.com/us/
369•josephljohnston•4h ago•390 comments

Abandoned Quake 4 expansion finished by modders and now playable

https://www.moddb.com/mods/openq4/downloads/openq4-0141-windows-x64
73•klaussilveira•1h ago•24 comments

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https://chipsandcheese.com/p/talking-zen-6-with-mike-clark-at
67•dverlaeckt80•1h ago•0 comments

Why Writing Correct Software Is Hard

https://pron.github.io/posts/correctness-and-complexity
237•AriFordsham•5h ago•98 comments

Libreagi – Save OSS Models

https://libreagi.com/
39•satuke•2h ago•14 comments

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https://github.com/chocoford/ExcalidrawZ
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Socratic Tutor

https://github.com/janestreet/agent_skills/blob/master/socratic-tutor/SKILL.md
510•tosh•2d ago•117 comments

A live tree of systemd jobs on the boot console

https://codeberg.org/wvhulle/bootvine
243•orhunp_•3d ago•97 comments

Researchers discover rare star system that emits radio signals every 8 minutes

https://www.curtin.edu.au/news/media-release/researchers-discover-rare-star-system-that-emits-rad...
68•giuliomagnifico•5h ago•28 comments

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https://spectrum.ieee.org/electric-ship-batteries
22•rbanffy•2h ago•11 comments

Tim Peters has died

https://discuss.python.org/t/in-memoriam-tim-peters-1952-2026/110028
1345•ayhanfuat•1d ago•163 comments

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https://fable52.games
6•felixne•42m ago•2 comments

93% of paint splatters are valid Perl programs (2019)

https://www.mcmillen.dev/sigbovik/
533•zenincognito•17h ago•69 comments

Our software engineering interviews are changing (a little)

https://blog.janestreet.com/software-engineering-interviews-are-changing-a-little/
57•maitland•2h ago•44 comments

Running web sites makes me not want to

https://lowkey.party/running-web-sites-makes-me-not-want-to
7•speckx•1h ago•1 comments

Critical RCE Vulnerability in Apache HTTP Server

https://www.wiz.io/blog/cve-2026-119618-rce-apache-http-server-vulnerability
314•soheilpro•14h ago•158 comments

AWS emulator

https://github.com/aws/aws-emulator
924•super_linear•21h ago•254 comments

Show HN: Build a PC in 3D in the Browser

https://www.buildcores.com
27•ozaiworld•3d ago•6 comments

Making a €40 USB-C hub work as a Nintendo Switch 2 dock

http://blog.nozomi.space/posts/sw2_dock/
99•mkopec•2d ago•32 comments

I'm making LLMs work on small and old devices

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PostgreSQL 18.7, 17.12, 16.16, 15.20, 14.25, and 19 RC 2 Released

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41•plaur782•1h ago•2 comments

Fitting Four 32 GB Resizable Bars Behind a PCIe Switch on Linux

https://doug.sh/posts/gpu-bars-behind-a-pcie-switch/
6•dougcalobrisi•57m ago•3 comments

Roadside investigations of psyllids, ants and eucs

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3•caminanteblanco•59m ago•1 comments

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39•benbreen•1d ago•5 comments

The largest open-source DLE collection

https://github.com/trizoza/dles/blob/main/assets/daily-games/DLES.md
5•trizoza•4d ago•2 comments

A false smoke alarm almost drowned Jane Street's only NYC datacenter

https://michael.bacarella.com/2026/11/10/false-smoke-alarm-jane-street-datacenter/
542•mbac32768•23h ago•259 comments

Gemini Decisions API

https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/technology/developers-tools/gemini-decisions-api/
518•iamdelirium•21h ago•149 comments

I'm Working on a FOSS Linux Pinbal Simulation Engine

https://www.getlazarus.org/forums/topic/17/
99•sysrpl•10h ago•34 comments

Pulling the Lever in a Subway Problem

https://www.jefftk.com/p/pulling-the-lever-in-a-subway-problem
3•NaOH•20h ago•2 comments