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How many more examples of malware postinstall scripts do we need before Node quits running them by default, without warning?

This is another indicator that "lifecycle" scripts in NPM (or other packaging systems, except perhaps Debian or RPM) are an idea we need to learn to live without. At most, packages…

How does this compare to Temporal? That seems to be the current baseline for application-oriented workflow engines.

The "buy me a coffee" button at the end is :chefskiss:

I was excited about this idea, but based on the writing patterns and vague stories I'm pretty sure these writeups are mostly AI slop. For example, this is classic ChatGPT phrasing:…

My favorite section in an RFC is "alternatives considered". I've seen many times that an option that had been initially discarded became the solution after review and discussion. I…

Just imagine being the designer of this thing and sitting at Thanksgiving dinner with your family. "Oh, tedchs, what've you been up to at work?" "Okay well this is gonna sound odd …

Is this announcement just about the gem and bundler packages themselves? I don't think Ruby core team is taking over the rubygems.org site right?

My question is, why can Google themselves not just provide a dump to archive.org themselves? Having volunteer middlemen doing the work seems like an artificial crisis.

I've used strings of Twinkly lights for a couple seasons now. They can sometimes be found on eBay for cheap. They're easy to set up, whether standalone or by clustering multiple un…

Wow, what a great name!

I've had the reMarkable 2 for years and it's amazing . FYI, the reMarkable is itself quite hackable. There is a supported way to run an SSH server on it and push your own binaries …

FYI you can use a universal infrared remote with Apple TV, which might have larger buttons or a more familiar interface. I have mixed feelings myself about the "touchpad" in the ap…

What I've found best is a compromise: send a chat message like "Hi foo, I hope you're having a good day! I'm trying to figure something out with Postgres and I wonder if you might …

They say this is the first time an ocelot has been spotted in 50 years, but I beg to differ. An ocelot is /always/ spotted.

I see. It's a different reading of the first word "from". Thanks for pointing that out.

The first line has two errors. First, 9/11 was on a Tuesday. Saying it was a Sunday is just foolish, as it happened at the start of a busy workday. Many of us still remember it lik…

I did this, around 2005, but I dropped ALL the prod tables. I was using a SQL GUI called Toad (awesome) and had separate windows open, for both "dev" and "prod". I was trying to re…

This page has helpful comparisons: https://pkl-lang.org/main/current/introduction/comparison.ht...

This is a clever hack. However, if the intent is serious use, I'd be concerned about resiliency. It sounds like the schedule is maintained in Home Assistant, and that it sends a co…

I sold a car to Vroom previously. It was a great experience, with a very easy process. And, I got a very strong price, thousands more than other online dealers. It's a shame to see…

Fwiw, when I've forgotten to cancel something, I've had success saying something like "I was checking my credit card statement and was surprised I'm still paying for X. I haven't u…

We've been using gVisor in production for customer workloads for about a year and a half. Works great!

OTOH, lots of babies wouldn't have been conceived at all if it weren't for a little booze!