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Building my npx business card

https://ashley.dev/posts/turning-feedback-into-features/
8•edent•11mo ago

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steele•11mo ago
Ooh, free real estate, let's colonize and gentrify package management
aabhay•11mo ago
Lmao, gentrify cracked me up
neilv•11mo ago
Do these npx business cards run arbitrary code on your computer?
cypherpunks01•11mo 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•11mo 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•11mo ago
Yeah, this seems like a very smart but inherently flawed idea.
cypherpunks01•11mo 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•11mo ago
May as well just release an executable tbh.
theamk•11mo 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•11mo 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•11mo 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."

Opus 4.7 to 4.6 Inflation is ~45%

https://tokens.billchambers.me/leaderboard
206•anabranch•2h ago•193 comments

The electromechanical angle computer inside the B-52 bomber's star tracker

https://www.righto.com/2026/04/B-52-star-tracker-angle-computer.html
61•NelsonMinar•1h ago•16 comments

Migrating from DigitalOcean to Hetzner

https://isayeter.com/posts/digitalocean-to-hetzner-migration/
465•yusufusta•4h ago•262 comments

State of Kdenlive

https://kdenlive.org/news/2026/state-2026/
236•f_r_d•6h ago•80 comments

Fuzix OS

https://www.fuzix.org/
33•DeathArrow•2h ago•9 comments

Scientists discover "cleaner ants" that groom giant ants in Arizona desert

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/04/260414075641.htm
33•t-3•2d ago•4 comments

Show HN: MDV – a Markdown superset for docs, dashboards, and slides with data

https://github.com/drasimwagan/mdv
26•drasim•2h ago•9 comments

Sumida Aquarium Posts 2026 Penguin Relationship Chart, with Drama and Breakups

https://www.sumida-aquarium.com/special/sokanzu/en/2026/
93•Lwrless•2d ago•5 comments

UpCodes (YC S17) Is Hiring SDRs to Help Make Construction More Productive

https://up.codes/careers?utm_source=HN
1•Old_Thrashbarg•1h ago

Michael Rabin has died

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_O._Rabin
308•tkhattra•3d ago•65 comments

80386 Memory Pipeline

https://nand2mario.github.io/posts/2026/80386_memory_pipeline/
37•wicket•4d ago•6 comments

Amiga Graphics Archive

https://amiga.lychesis.net/
193•sph•12h ago•51 comments

Claude Design

https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-design-anthropic-labs
1161•meetpateltech•1d ago•730 comments

Why Japan has such good railways

https://worksinprogress.co/issue/why-japan-has-such-good-railways/
207•RickJWagner•5h ago•215 comments

Category Theory Illustrated – Orders

https://abuseofnotation.github.io/category-theory-illustrated/04_order/
185•boris_m•11h ago•53 comments

It's OK to compare floating-points for equality

https://lisyarus.github.io/blog/posts/its-ok-to-compare-floating-points-for-equality.html
130•coinfused•4d ago•88 comments

Understanding the FFT Algorithm (2013)

https://jakevdp.github.io/blog/2013/08/28/understanding-the-fft/
11•peter_d_sherman•3d ago•1 comments

Show HN: I made a calculator that works over disjoint sets of intervals

https://victorpoughon.github.io/interval-calculator/
260•fouronnes3•17h ago•48 comments

Measuring Claude 4.7's tokenizer costs

https://www.claudecodecamp.com/p/i-measured-claude-4-7-s-new-tokenizer-here-s-what-it-costs-you
670•aray07•1d ago•470 comments

Amazon is discontinuing Kindle for PC on June 30th

https://goodereader.com/blog/kindle/amazon-is-discontinuing-kindle-for-pc-on-june-30th
88•tech234a•2h ago•73 comments

A Dumb Introduction to Z3 (2025)

https://ar-ms.me/thoughts/a-gentle-introduction-to-z3/
48•y1n0•4d ago•20 comments

All 12 moonwalkers had "lunar hay fever" from dust smelling like gunpowder (2018)

https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/The_toxic_side_of_the_Moon
422•cybermango•1d ago•239 comments

The USDA's gardening zones have shifted. (Interactive app and map)

https://apps.npr.org/plant-hardiness-garden-map/
27•nuke-web3•1h ago•2 comments

I’m spending months coding the old way

https://miguelconner.substack.com/p/im-coding-by-hand
307•evakhoury•1d ago•296 comments

The quiet disappearance of the free-range childhood

https://bigthink.com/mind-behavior/the-quiet-disappearance-of-the-free-range-childhood/
106•sylvainkalache•6h ago•113 comments

Towards trust in Emacs

https://eshelyaron.com/posts/2026-04-15-towards-trust-in-emacs.html
162•eshelyaron•3d ago•24 comments

The simple geometry behind any road

https://sandboxspirit.com/blog/simple-geometry-of-roads/
104•azhenley•2d ago•12 comments

Brunost: The Nynorsk Programming Language

https://lindbakk.com/blog/introducing-brunost
126•atomfinger•4d ago•61 comments

Are the costs of AI agents also rising exponentially? (2025)

https://www.tobyord.com/writing/hourly-costs-for-ai-agents
282•louiereederson•3d ago•112 comments

Show HN: Smol machines – subsecond coldstart, portable virtual machines

https://github.com/smol-machines/smolvm
418•binsquare•1d ago•129 comments