Hacker News: moebrowne

New comment by moebrowne in "Composer 2.10 Release features automatic malware blocking"

moebrowne — Thu, 28 May 2026 11:23:37 +0000

Full changelog here: https://github.com/composer/composer/releases/tag/2.10.0

The PHP Foundation Impact and Transparency Report 2025

moebrowne — Thu, 28 May 2026 08:55:48 +0000

Article URL: https://thephp.foundation/blog/2026/05/27/impact-and-transparency-report-2025/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48306422

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by moebrowne in "I'm Getting into Mesh Networks (Meshtastic, MeshCore, and Reticulum)"

moebrowne — Thu, 28 May 2026 07:13:53 +0000

Official manual including install instructions: https://markqvist.github.io/Reticulum/manual/

New comment by moebrowne in "An Update on Composer and Packagist Supply Chain Security"

moebrowne — Wed, 27 May 2026 16:17:05 +0000

I appreciate Composers slower but deliberate, well thought out approach to supply chain attack mitigations.

New comment by moebrowne in "Flatpak Will Depend on Systemd"

moebrowne — Tue, 26 May 2026 10:41:10 +0000

Better title: Flatpak is thinking about depending on Systemd

> It’s important to note that everything discussed during the talk is planning, and not a single line of code has been written yet

Maybe Don't Rely on Google's "Modern Web Guidance"

moebrowne — Tue, 26 May 2026 09:12:58 +0000

Article URL: https://adrianroselli.com/2026/05/maybe-dont-rely-on-googles-modern-web-guidance.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48277141

Points: 5

# Comments: 0

The robots are replacing the packages

moebrowne — Tue, 26 May 2026 08:35:58 +0000

Article URL: https://spatie.be/blog/the-robots-are-replacing-the-packages

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48276858

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by moebrowne in "PHP's Oddities"

moebrowne — Sun, 24 May 2026 07:25:18 +0000

For anyone wondering the number in the second example isn't just some random big number it's: PHP_INT_MAX + 1

New comment by moebrowne in "PHP's Oddities"

moebrowne — Sun, 24 May 2026 07:15:30 +0000

This changed 6 years ago in 8.0, a major version change.

Once again showing how out of date peoples hate for PHP is

New comment by moebrowne in "PHP's Oddities"

moebrowne — Sun, 24 May 2026 07:04:53 +0000

> Paid my share of dealing with those problems with PHP 5 and 6

Hard to take this seriously when there was no PHP 6.

https://ma.ttias.be/php6-missing-version-number/

New comment by moebrowne in "PHP's Oddities"

moebrowne — Sun, 24 May 2026 06:54:39 +0000

Also set PHP_CLI_SERVER_WORKERS=10 to enable multiple threads

AI has a multiplying effect on existing technical skills

moebrowne — Fri, 22 May 2026 13:22:42 +0000

Article URL: https://www.joshwcomeau.com/email/wham-launch-005-elephant-2-p/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48235526

Points: 343

# Comments: 317

UK competition regulator investigates Microsoft

moebrowne — Wed, 20 May 2026 13:17:54 +0000

Article URL: https://brucelawson.co.uk/2026/uk-competition-regulator-investigates-microsoft/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48207225

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

PHP RFC: Scope Functions a.k.a. Multiline Short Closures

moebrowne — Tue, 19 May 2026 16:17:46 +0000

Article URL: https://wiki.php.net/rfc/scope-functions

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48195366

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by moebrowne in "XSS Is Deadly for Passkeys: The Hidden Risk of Attestation None"

moebrowne — Tue, 19 May 2026 16:02:12 +0000

> I've encountered multiple sites that now use authenticatorAttachment options to force you to use a platform bound Passkey. In other words, they force you into Microsoft, Google or Apple. No password manager, no security key, no choices.

https://fy.blackhats.net.au/blog/2025-12-17-yep-passkeys-sti...

and more discussion here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46301585

New comment by moebrowne in "XSS Is Deadly for Passkeys: The Hidden Risk of Attestation None"

moebrowne — Tue, 19 May 2026 14:14:42 +0000

Not the OP, but I'd assume they are talking about 'direct' attestation mode creating vendor lock-in

XSS Is Deadly for Passkeys: The Hidden Risk of Attestation None

moebrowne — Tue, 19 May 2026 13:14:07 +0000

Article URL: https://scotthelme.co.uk/xss-is-deadly-for-passkeys-the-hidden-risk-of-attestation-none/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48192908

Points: 8

# Comments: 7

New comment by moebrowne in "Mini Shai-Hulud Strikes Again: 314 npm Packages Compromised"

moebrowne — Tue, 19 May 2026 09:05:10 +0000

Or don't mount the Docker socket into containers

New comment by moebrowne in "Build a radio wave detector with balls of aluminum foil"

moebrowne — Mon, 18 May 2026 11:53:40 +0000

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMkdnj698-0

New comment by moebrowne in "Twin brothers wipe 96 government databases minutes after being fired"

moebrowne — Wed, 13 May 2026 19:49:48 +0000

> Defeated by such argument, I deleted my account.

I'd bet your account wasn't actually deleted, just marked as deleted or inactive.