Jerod, Feross, and Nick discuss the latest npm security fiasco, opine on the strengths and weaknesses of spreadsheets, explain CORS like they’re 5 (sorta), and give shout outs to deserving purveyors of fine software.
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Show Notes:
Story of the week
The episode’s namesake, Insider Logic BombsThe story on dude who outsourced his job to ChineNick and Jerod have both been using Notion lately‘No way to prevent this’ is satire, y’allThe purescript/npm incident explainedELI5
Nick mentioned gifsockets, which might be the best hack of all timeYou’ll have to google the Hassehloffian Recursion yourself…If Feross’ explanation of the Zoom hack failed you, here’s a good oneRead up on DNS rebinding for an upcoming ELI5 segmentShout outs
Jerod shouts out hpdang and FOSS AsiaFeross shouts out Kyle Drake of neocities.orgNick shouts out coc.nvimSomething missing or broken? PRs welcome!