That’s why I switched to Java.

You are absolutely right. The dangerous part of NPM packages is the post-install script. Therefore moving from JavaScript to Java removes the threat.

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Yeah but you don’t have to use that I think. I think us Node people can just pretend to write Ecmascript 2 in Java and be fine.

…. lol

Meh maven plugins are just as juicy a target as npm is

https://github.com/s4u/pgpverify-maven-plugin

If you want paranoid mode, you can verify literally every part of the maven build process.

What do u recommend?