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lapcat · 2026-04-09T10:12:43 1775729563

> I have the same thoughts about other Mac apps. e.g. iTerm2

You need to take a chill pill.

hsbauauvhabzb · 2026-04-09T10:59:45 1775732385

Yeah just yolo install whatever, it’s not like applications or libraries such as axios which have a decade of trusted history would all of a sudden become malicious and do nasty things to developer machines, just chill, everything’s fine.

lapcat · 2026-04-09T11:27:23 1775734043

> Yeah just yolo install whatever

That's not even remotely what I said.

> it’s not like applications or libraries such as axios

iTerm doesn't use NPM. Little Snitch doesn't use NPM. I don't use NPM.

hsbauauvhabzb · 2026-04-09T11:52:29 1775735549

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tomhow · 2026-04-09T14:06:29 1775743589

WTF? This is not an acceptable comment on HN, no matter who or what you're replying to. This style of commenting is not what this site is for, and destroys what it is for.

If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and taking the intended spirit of the site more to heart, we'd be grateful.