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podcast February 26, 2021

Podcast 316: When it comes to package managers, don’t forget security

Enjoy the goodwill of others, heck use their code when it helps. Just don't trust what you can't verify for yourself.
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Director of Content

In today’s episode, we chat about simplifying the address of your crypto wallet, static linking, the security risks you need to consider with package managers, and Paul’s paper hands.

Episode Notes

If you’re a programmer working with npm, Sara has some basic advice on best practices that will keep your codebase safe.

Today’s discussion was inspired by a blog post from Michel Gorny which you can find here.

Need to simplify the address where people can send you bitcoins? Check out https://ens.domains/, which even offers .club for your TLD.

Thanks to Tagir Valeev for answering the question: How to Split odd and even numbers and sum of both in collection using Stream. You’re our lifeboat badge winner of the week.

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