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What could possibly go wrong (sh.itjust.works)
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[–] kamen@lemmy.world 47 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Left pad is a good example of why you shouldn't.

[–] magic_lobster_party@kbin.social 25 points 1 year ago

Event stream as well. TL;DR: popular npm library get infested with Bitcoin stealing code.

https://blog.npmjs.org/post/180565383195/details-about-the-event-stream-incident

[–] Caboose12000@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

can you elaborate

[–] v1605@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] johannes@lemmy.jhjacobs.nl 8 points 1 year ago

That was a rather nice read :) thank you!

[–] milkjug@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Thank you for sharing this. I learn something new everyday, much appreciated.

[–] magic_lobster_party@kbin.social 16 points 1 year ago

It’s all fine and dandy, until the package one day prevents you from upgrading some other package.

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 8 points 1 year ago

Well, how else would I add the Konami code for desktop and touchscreen devices?