Sourcing Shell Scripts from Curl

You've seen package managers You've seen piping curl into bash But have you ever seen sourcing a script from curl every time you launch the shell /.zshrc source <(curl -sL init.zshell.dev); z zinit

A dark-mode social media post jokes about an extreme shell configuration: instead of installing a package manager or piping a downloaded script into Bash once, the user sources a script from curl every time the shell launches. The punchline is the absurdly risky and overcomplicated reliance on a remote script for routine shell startup.

• @gentoomemes / 10606 2024-04-15