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mapontoseventhstoday at 4:51 PM1 replyview on HN

Isn't executing arbitrary code kind of the entire point of NPM though? Any chance you have a link to something that describes their plans?


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nailertoday at 4:56 PM

> Isn't executing arbitrary code kind of the entire point of NPM though?

No. npm is a package manager. As mentioned in the comment you're replying to, almost all package managers execute arbitrary code. Eg:

- pip

- Cargo

- apt/dpkg

- dnf/yum

- Homebrew

- RubyGems

- Composer (limited)

- Maven

> Any chance you have a link to something that describes their plans?

https://github.blog/changelog/2026-06-09-upcoming-breaking-c...

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