Lars Marowsky-Brée 😷Feb 5

Hot take: If we added a "--install" option to #curl, we could optimize many a "| sh -" pipeline away.

Finally a truly universal installer.

Show threadLars Marowsky-Brée 😷

I am uncertain if that's the patch I want to be known for though.

But I have set a reminder for in 32 days.

Feb 5 at 11:32amWeb
Show threadHenryk PlötzFeb 5
@larsmb You could then extend https://xkcd.com/1654/ with `curl --install "https://get${1}.dev/install.sh" &`
Universal Install Script

xkcd
Show threadBenedikt NeuzweigFeb 5
@henryk @larsmb misses an ai api call.
Show threadGlyphFeb 5

@larsmb honestly this could be an improvement to security. for example, it could:

1. require HTTPS
2. guard against truncation attacks
3. check against a malicious blacklist

which simply piping the output can't do