Manav Ukani

Life goes on and on and on..

[Manav Ukani @manavukani]

@CSMIA_Official Thanks for prompt response! Greatly appreciated

[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.

[Manav Ukani @manavukani]

@ChadNauseam This is crazy

[Orange Book 🍊📖 @orangebook]

People think they get depressed when life is too hard, it’s actually when it gets too easy and comfortable.

You won’t feel alive and focused unless you challenge yourself with the right problems.

[Manav Ukani @manavukani]

@elonmusk Ultron goes into the internet for 5 seconds before realizing humanity can't be saved.

[Manav Ukani @manavukani]

Quick update: Onion is really good lizard repellent. Tested today 👍

[Manav Ukani @manavukani]

@36daysoftype when will the 2023 edition start?

[Manav Ukani @manavukani]

Never let the child inside you die, coz they find the happiness even in smallest things which we as adults may overlook and keep running behind something bigger neglecting these small moments of happiness 😁

#happychildrensday2022

[Eli Steele @Hebro_Steele]

“We live in a time when intelligent people are being silenced so that stupid people won’t be offended.”

[Manav Ukani @manavukani]

If #NZ team was a brand it's tagline should have been: "Haste haste kaaat jaye raste 🤧"
#NZvsAfg #TeamIndia #WT20 #WorldCupT20

[Manav Ukani @manavukani]

Repeating the same actions but expecting new results is a sign of madness

[Manav Ukani @manavukani]

Nothing much just came here to say #instagramdown

[Manav Ukani @manavukani]

Expectations is the root cause of majority of your sufferings

[Manav Ukani @manavukani]

NZ consider the mental status of Indian fans we just recovered from a loss and now this 🥲 #T20WorldCup #WT20 #IndiaVsNewZealand

[Manav Ukani @manavukani]

#Facebook was just a Beta version of #Meta

[Manav Ukani @manavukani]

"Fear is the mind-killer"
-Frank Herbert

[Manav Ukani @manavukani]

\__/ <-- cry here, we are collecting water, chullu bhar paani me dubne k liye 😭 #INDvPAK

Well played, but didn't end well 👏🇮🇳
Pakistan don't forget it's still 5-1 in WT20 💪