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Liran Tal

GitHub Star 🌟 · DevRel at Snyk 🥑 · Author of Essential Node.js Security · Node.js CLI Best Practices 🔥 · Docker security 🐳

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GenAI Predictions and The Future of LLMs as local-first offline Small Language Models (SLMs)

GenAI Predictions and The Future of LLMs as local-first offline Small Language Models (SLMs)

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Installing Playwright on Heroku for Programmatic Node.js Browser Automation

Installing Playwright on Heroku for Programmatic Node.js Browser Automation

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Poor Express Authentication Patterns in Node.js and How to Avoid Them

Poor Express Authentication Patterns in Node.js and How to Avoid Them

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How to block LAN clients from accessing YouTube and other media with AdGuard and Home Assistant

How to block LAN clients from accessing YouTube and other media with AdGuard and Home Assistant

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HTTP webhooks on Firebase Functions and Fastify: A Practical Case Study with Lemon Squeezy

HTTP webhooks on Firebase Functions and Fastify: A Practical Case Study with Lemon Squeezy

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How To Get Social Media Previews Right on Astro blog with OpenGraph Meta Tags

How To Get Social Media Previews Right on Astro blog with OpenGraph Meta Tags

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Best Practices for Bootstrapping a Node.js Application Configuration

Best Practices for Bootstrapping a Node.js Application Configuration

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How I Deployed Tailscale VPN to Securely Access Home Assistant Remotely

How I Deployed Tailscale VPN to Securely Access Home Assistant Remotely

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Environment variables and configuration anti patterns in Node.js applications

Environment variables and configuration anti patterns in Node.js applications

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Vue.js Patterns: Using Vue.js 3 Composition API for Reactive Parent to Child Communication

Vue.js Patterns: Using Vue.js 3 Composition API for Reactive Parent to Child Communication

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How to Process Scheduled Queue Jobs in Node.js with BullMQ and Redis on Heroku

How to Process Scheduled Queue Jobs in Node.js with BullMQ and Redis on Heroku

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Securing Your Node.js Apps by Analyzing Real-World Command Injection Examples

Securing Your Node.js Apps by Analyzing Real-World Command Injection Examples

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An Introduction to Command Injection Vulnerabilities in Node.js and JavaScript

An Introduction to Command Injection Vulnerabilities in Node.js and JavaScript

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The security concerns of a JavaScript sandbox with the Node.js VM module

The security concerns of a JavaScript sandbox with the Node.js VM module

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How to verify and secure your Mastodon account

How to verify and secure your Mastodon account

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NPM security: preventing supply chain attacks

NPM security: preventing supply chain attacks

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How to add Playwright tests to your pull request CI with GitHub Actions

How to add Playwright tests to your pull request CI with GitHub Actions

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Choosing the best Node.js Docker image

Choosing the best Node.js Docker image

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How to install Ruby in a macOS for local development

How to install Ruby in a macOS for local development

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10 best practices to containerize Node.js web applications with Docker

10 best practices to containerize Node.js web applications with Docker

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The npm faker package and the unexpected demise of open source libraries

The npm faker package and the unexpected demise of open source libraries

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How to build a Slack bot with Zapier and JavaScript to fetch trending topics on Reddit

How to build a Slack bot with Zapier and JavaScript to fetch trending topics on Reddit

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A definitive guide to Ruby gems dependency management

A definitive guide to Ruby gems dependency management

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Slidev 101: Coding presentations with Markdown

Slidev 101: Coding presentations with Markdown

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Snyk Introduces Python Poetry support for securing your Python projects

Snyk Introduces Python Poetry support for securing your Python projects

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The maintainer's CI workflows recipe for a peaceful open source life

The maintainer's CI workflows recipe for a peaceful open source life

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[Discuss] 10 React security best practices

[Discuss] 10 React security best practices

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[Discuss] Enterprise security best practices for managing vulnerabilities at scale

[Discuss] Enterprise security best practices for managing vulnerabilities at scale

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AngularJS Security Fundamentals

AngularJS Security Fundamentals

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Angular vs React: security bakeoff 2019

Angular vs React: security bakeoff 2019

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Making automatic yet informed decisions when upgrading dependencies

Making automatic yet informed decisions when upgrading dependencies

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JavaScript frameworks security report 2019

JavaScript frameworks security report 2019

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Taking a look at CFPs for NodeTLV. I'll see you there, right?

Taking a look at CFPs for NodeTLV. I'll see you there, right?

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My first time at JSConf Budapest, how was it?

My first time at JSConf Budapest, how was it?

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Using jq to manipulate JSON results of snyk security tests

Using jq to manipulate JSON results of snyk security tests

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npm security tips to keep you safe of malicious modules

npm security tips to keep you safe of malicious modules

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what is your recent dev-related confession?

what is your recent dev-related confession?

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6 stages of refactoring a jest test case

6 stages of refactoring a jest test case

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npm passes the 1 millionth package milestone! What can we learn?

npm passes the 1 millionth package milestone! What can we learn?

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Demystifying Jest Async Testing Patterns

Demystifying Jest Async Testing Patterns

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Are you building Docker images? here's how to avoid leaking sensitive information into Docker images

Are you building Docker images? here's how to avoid leaking sensitive information into Docker images

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Why you should use COPY instead of ADD when building Docker images

Why you should use COPY instead of ADD when building Docker images

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How to securely build Docker images for Node.js

How to securely build Docker images for Node.js

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How to improve your npm identity security with 2FA and Tokens

How to improve your npm identity security with 2FA and Tokens

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Did you hear about the malicious backdoor discovered in the popular bootstrap-sass Ruby gem?

Did you hear about the malicious backdoor discovered in the popular bootstrap-sass Ruby gem?

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Top ten most popular docker images each contain at least 30 vulnerabilities

Top ten most popular docker images each contain at least 30 vulnerabilities

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Tip #5 - audit your project for vulnerabilities in your open source dependencies

Tip #5 - audit your project for vulnerabilities in your open source dependencies

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Assess your npm project health and call the doctor!

Assess your npm project health and call the doctor!

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So you think you're just gonna `npm install`? Think again

So you think you're just gonna `npm install`? Think again

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How to avoid leaking secrets to the npm registry

How to avoid leaking secrets to the npm registry

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Reasons to Love Jest: The Developer Experience

Reasons to Love Jest: The Developer Experience

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Reasons to Love Jest: The Test Framework

Reasons to Love Jest: The Test Framework

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what would you focus on when hiring engineering vp for a team of 10?

what would you focus on when hiring engineering vp for a team of 10?

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The long over-due commit of Open Source

The long over-due commit of Open Source

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git workflows - between forks, squash and rebase

git workflows - between forks, squash and rebase

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Securing a Node.js + RethinkDB + TLS setup on Docker containers

Securing a Node.js + RethinkDB + TLS setup on Docker containers

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Node.js Yarning for Local Packages

Node.js Yarning for Local Packages

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