Nikola Petkanski

[dax @thdxr]

someone made a fork of opencode that routes through the unsecured ai endpoints from chipotle

[Andrej Karpathy @karpathy]

Software horror: litellm PyPI supply chain attack.

Simple `pip install litellm` was enough to exfiltrate SSH keys, AWS/GCP/Azure creds, Kubernetes configs, git credentials, env vars (all your API keys), shell history, crypto wallets, SSL private keys, CI/CD secrets, database passwords.

LiteLLM itself has 97 million downloads per month which is already terrible, but much worse, the contagion spreads to any project that depends on litellm. For example, if you did `pip install dspy` (which depended on litellm>=1.64.0), you'd also be pwnd. Same for any other large project that depended on litellm.

Afaict the poisoned version was up for only less than ~1 hour. The attack had a bug which led to its discovery - Callum McMahon was using an MCP plugin inside Cursor that pulled in litellm as a transitive dependency. When litellm 1.82.8 installed, their machine ran out of RAM and crashed. So if the attacker didn't vibe code this attack it could have been undetected for many days or weeks.

Supply chain attacks like this are basically the scariest thing imaginable in modern software. Every time you install any depedency you could be pulling in a poisoned package anywhere deep inside its entire depedency tree. This is especially risky with large projects that might have lots and lots of dependencies. The credentials that do get stolen in each attack can then be used to take over more accounts and compromise more packages.

Classical software engineering would have you believe that dependencies are good (we're building pyramids from bricks), but imo this has to be re-evaluated, and it's why I've been so growingly averse to them, preferring to use LLMs to "yoink" functionality when it's simple enough and possible.

[Nikola Petkanski @dxdinamic]

It can’t even be used for browsing pages online as WebKit on iOS 9 is quite out of date..

[Nikola Petkanski @dxdinamic]

We talk about sustainability, yet millions of perfectly functional devices become e-waste because software support ends.

My 2012 iPad still has a great screen, speakers, and battery - but it’s locked to outdated software with no upgrade path.

[Nikola Petkanski @dxdinamic]

Longevity is sustainability.

Who else thinks end-of-life shouldn’t mean end-of-use?

[Nikola Petkanski @dxdinamic]

If hardware is capable, why not let the community extend its life?

Hey @Apple, when devices reach end-of-life, consider unlocking the bootloader or open-sourcing key drivers. You’d reduce e-waste, empower developers, and reinforce your environmental commitments.

[UTM @UTMapp]

BAD NEWS: Apple removed Hypervisor support from XNU in iOS 16.4. Here is a diff of iOS 16.3.1 and iOS 16.4. What this means is that even if a jailbreak/TrollStore comes out for iOS 16.6.1/17.0, there will not be UTM virtualization support, even on M1/M2 iPads.

[Matt 'TK' Taylor @MattieTK]

🆕 Today in wrangler 4.55, experimental automatic configuration for your web framework for Cloudflare Workers.

npx wrangler deploy --x-autoconfig

We support Next.js, Astro, Nuxt, and many more, + static sites.

Watch the demo below and read more in the link in the reply.

[Nikola Petkanski @dxdinamic]

@offensive_con @cfreal_ I'm anxiously waiting to watch the recording! Please, don't make us wait much longer 😊

[Nikola Petkanski @dxdinamic]

@andymstone Did you know that your status page is down as well? It has one purpose 😀

[Nikola Petkanski @dxdinamic]

Wondering what went so wrong with @facebook that brought down even their status page. #facebook

[Nikola Petkanski @dxdinamic]

The joy of using PHP in 2024 😀

[Nikola Petkanski @dxdinamic]

Hey @MediaTek please show some macOS love for MT7921AUN 🙏

[Bozhidar Bozhanov @bozhobg]

Германия си има държавен гитлаб.
https://t.co/oFLlagBdu4
Ние също си имаме: https://t.co/0g9mvUTQ58

[Jonathan H. Wage @jwage]

I don’t want a smart house. I don’t want smart locks, smart refrigerator, smart washer or smart lights. I don’t need a TV in my refrigerator. I want them dumb and I want them to last a long time.

[Nikola Petkanski @dxdinamic]

Carbon neutral combustion fuel.. I'm curious as to what's going to happen to EVs if car manufacturers are to unite powers and make this cheaper. A step further could be to design recyclable filters that would capture CO2 to be used in fuel production 🌈

https://t.co/zJuGchzEDQ

[Joel M. Petlin @Joelmpetlin]

@elonmusk @StephenKing Only on Twitter can we watch a man worth $200 billion negotiate with a man worth $500 million about saving $12 a month.

[Nikola Petkanski @dxdinamic]

@Tesla @elonmusk your YouTube channel is hacked. It's streaming a recording of the B conference with an overlay saying to wire crypto and have it doubled. The title claims you guys are announcing Model 4. #cryptoscam

[Nikola Petkanski @dxdinamic]

@MikeChernev @Ukraine @Bulgaria