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Panta
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Amateur developer, professional contrarian.

I post whatever comes to mind, kind of just what I'm thinking about at the moment. Tends to break down ~ 50% tech, 50% whatever. @thepanta82 at twitter.

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Exactly.

In the end, you either trust the site you download the app from or you don't.

If you do, doing curl | sh before running the app itself doesn't add any additional risk, it seems.
August 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I never understood why people think it's insecure.

What can curl | sh do that the binary you download and run cannot do?
August 1, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Something to do with dom being torn down on wrap change?
May 18, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Very similar to EU laws, interestingly.
March 25, 2025 at 7:34 AM
It's interesting that even he seems to have bought into the mirage.

It's true when they say many successful people have no idea why they are successful, like how a bird can fly without understanding the physics of flight.
March 8, 2025 at 10:56 AM
As an engineer who builds products, I can attest we generally want to build more products rather than do sales.

As Groucho Marx said, you wouldn’t want to meet an engineering team that would want to meet you.
February 6, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Back there I could fly a gunship. I could drive a tank. I was in charge of million dollar equipment.

Back here, I can't even close a B2B SaaS deal!
February 5, 2025 at 3:41 PM
There is no click. Just a slow smolchy binding of flesh and machine over years.
January 7, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Everything this tab group touches is our kingdom
December 30, 2024 at 10:54 AM