My Windows installation is ten years old and a few maintenance habits mean it still works like new

My Windows installation is ten years old and a few maintenance habits mean it still works like new

I’ve been running Windows 11 on this same machine for the past 10 years and haven’t had to wipe and reformat once. I didn’t feel the need to reformat because I use it mainly for writing. I keep the system light and my regular maintenance keeps it running like new. Some added Microsoft features have … Read more

I replaced my Obsidian installation with this open source workspace

I replaced my Obsidian installation with this open source workspace

Obsidian was one of those apps that I rarely asked for. It’s fast, works offline, and gives me enough control to build my knowledge system the way I want it. Then I tried AFFiNE. After spending more time with it, I found that the Obsidian setup was suddenly more limited than I realized. Related My … Read more

Malicious NPM packages bypass the installation script defenses at runtime

Malicious NPM packages bypass the installation script defenses at runtime

An ongoing NPM malware campaign using the indexed-btree package shows how threat actors are evading supply chain defenses by hiding malicious code in the normal runtime behavior of a package rather than in installation scripts. The package discovered by Checkmarx researchers attempts to mimic the legitimate sorted-btree library and has already been downloaded 2 million … Read more