Programming Tech Brief By HackerNoon

“It Works on my Machine” Isn’t an Excuse—Test Your README Like a User

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/it-works-on-my-machine-isnt-an-excusetest-your-readme-like-a-user. The README says to download from this link. Huh, I'm not sure how to unarchive .tar.xz files - guess I'll search for that. Check more stories related to programming at: https://hackernoon.com/c/programming. You can also check exclusive content about #programming, #linux-software-installation, #readme-best-practices, #testing-readme-instructions, #virtual-machine-testing, #software-installation-errors, #dependency-management, #open-source-documentation, and more. This story was written by: @edent. Learn more about this writer by checking @edent's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. The README says to download from this link. Huh, I'm not sure how to unarchive .tar.xz files - guess I'll search for that.

Deploying MobileNetV3 on NXP i.MX8MP: A Complete Edge AI Workflow for Handwritten Digit Recognition

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/deploying-mobilenetv3-on-nxp-imx8mp-a-complete-edge-ai-workflow-for-handwritten-digit-recognition. This article details how to port and run the MobileNetV3 model on the NXP i.MX8MP platform to achieve the function of handwritten digit recognition. Check more stories related to programming at: https://hackernoon.com/c/programming. You can also check exclusive content about #linux, #embedded-systems, #eiq, #mobilenetv3, #eiq-portal, #deep-learning-deployment, #model-training, #industrial-ai, and more. This story was written by: @hacker55465321. Learn more about this writer by checking @hacker55465321's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. This article details how to port and run the MobileNetV3 model on the NXP i.MX8MP platform to achieve the function of handwritten digit recognition. From dataset import, model training and validation to TensorFlow Lite quantization and deployment, it fully demonstrates the usage process of eIQ Portal tool.

npm's New Token Limits Won't Stop the Attacks That Actually Happen

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/npms-new-token-limits-wont-stop-the-attacks-that-actually-happen. npm's October 2025 security overhaul introduces 90-day token limits and kills classic tokens. But the biggest supply chain attacks—from XZ Utils to the... Check more stories related to programming at: https://hackernoon.com/c/programming. You can also check exclusive content about #npm, #npm-token-limit, #npm-token-attacks, #cybersecurity, #npm-package-security, #npm-token-security, #npm-security, #software-development, and more. This story was written by: @encapsulation. Learn more about this writer by checking @encapsulation's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. npm's new token lifetime limits (90-day max, 7-day default) and mandatory WebAuthn are good security hygiene, but they don't address how attacks actually happen. The September 2025 breach that compromised 18 packages with 2.6B weekly downloads succeeded via phishing—the attacker had full account access and could generate tokens at will. The XZ Utils backdoor involved three years of social engineering to gain maintainer trust. Token rotation doesn't stop account takeovers, malicious insiders, or the lack of code review. npm is treating the symptom (token exposure) rather than the disease (anyone can publish anything instantly).

The Automatic Checking of cfgs: How It Works

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/the-automatic-checking-of-cfgs-how-it-works. It ensures that the cfg settings are consistent between what is intended and what is used, helping to catch potential bugs or errors early in development Check more stories related to programming at: https://hackernoon.com/c/programming. You can also check exclusive content about #rust, #rustlang, #rust-features, #rust-tutorial, #rust-guide, #rust-for-beginners, #rust-cfgs, #rust-automatic-checking, and more. This story was written by: @Rust. Learn more about this writer by checking @Rust's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. This can help with verifying that the crate is correctly handling conditional compilation for different target platforms or features. It ensures that the cfg settings are consistent between what is intended and what is used, helping to catch potential bugs or errors early in the development process.

Go: Can It Mitigate Supply Chain Attacks?

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/go-can-it-mitigate-supply-chain-attacks. It is an explicit security design goal of the Go toolchain that neither fetching nor building code will let that code execute, even if it is untrusted. Check more stories related to programming at: https://hackernoon.com/c/programming. You can also check exclusive content about #go, #golang, #supply-chain, #supply-chain-attacks, #version-control-system, #go-for-beginners, #go-guide, #golang-safety, and more. This story was written by: @Go. Learn more about this writer by checking @Go's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com. All together this means it’s possible to build rich, complex applications with just a handful of dependencies. No matter how good the tooling is, it can’t eliminate the risk involved in reusing code, so the strongest mitigation will always be a small dependency tree.