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Supply Chain Attack on Axios Pulls Malicious Dependency from npm
A supply chain attack on Axios introduced a malicious dependency, plain-crypto-js@4.2.1, published minutes earlier and absent from the project’s GitHub releases.
ops-per-sec
Advanced tools
Quickly test ops per second of a function
When using the cli your string will be interpreted using Node's vm in a
sandboxed context. I'm no expert on the dangers of that, but it's always better
to be safe than sorry. Don't be dumb with that.
"eval is evil" - some smart dude
node
$ npm install --save ops-per-sec
cli
$ npm install -g ops-per-sec
const opsPerSec = require('ops-per-sec')
let ops = opsPerSec(() => ['some', 'text', 'in'].includes('text'), 3000, true)
console.log(`${ops} ops/sec`)
$ ops-per-sec "() => ['some', 'text', 'in'].includes('text')" 3000 true
opsPerSec(*func, *expect, *runForMs)MIT © Andrew Carpenter
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Quickly test ops per second of a function
We found that ops-per-sec demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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