Daily Shaarli
August 5, 2026
Here we go again
From other sources:
- Aikido: https://www.aikido.dev/blog/keyv-and-friends-compromised-in-npm-supply-chain-attack
- Bleeping Computer: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/massive-chaindrop-npm-supply-chain-attack-infects-hundreds-of-packages/
- Microsoft: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/08/04/chaindrop-supply-chain-compromise-anatomy-self-propagating-worm/#mitigation-and-protection-guidance
At the time [1990s], there was a new breed of web professionals proudly labeled “webmasters.” Part designer, part developer and part evangelist, webmasters held enough esoteric knowledge about the web to manage, edit and create websites, both large and small.
—Jay Hoffmann: The History of the Web, Volume I (2018).
Yes I wanted to be one when I was 14.
I believe that with the advent of AI, we are about to experience a renaissance. AI-augmented developers are operating well beyond the traditional scope of even a full-stack engineer. [...] AI enables and leverages, but the webmaster orchestrates and takes the responsibility.
How phishing attacks are hard to distinguish because even real pages looks suspicious
Five Rust working groups stance on the AI usage on Rust lang