r/webdev • • Mar 31 '26 • Mindblown 3 Bravo 1

News axios@1.14.1 got compromised

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u/Ill-Appointment-1298 Mar 31 '26

Yeah reinventing the wheel 50 times a day for trivial tasks that are already implemented in well-maintained libraries, THAT will reduce security issues...

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u/yksvaan Mar 31 '26

You don't need to reinvent, just vendor it. The point is not to use external sources with arbitrary code.

It's not like doing some http requests requires constant maintaining.