It depends on the provenance of the code and who (if anyone) is downstream.
A project that's packaged in multiple distros is more likely to be reliable than a project that only exists on github and provides its own binary builds.
bash scripting is not intended to perform all of your logic in the scripting language, it's intended to call out to other programs which perform specific tasks. The entire POSIX command set is your bash scripting language.
Your script is a simple one-liner if you know some simple commands:
$ head -n 1 /usr/share/dict/words | tee /dev/stderr | tr -d '\n' | wc -c
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This article isn't about open source, it's about iOS and Airdrop.
The website that it's on is way more interesting though. I hadn't heard of Kiwix before, but it seems like a very cool project: https://kiwix.org/en/about-us/
May 13, 2026: the tlsclient ACME profile will no longer be available and no further certificates with the Client Authentication EKU will be issued....Once this is completed, Let’s Encrypt will switch to issuing with new intermediate Certificate Authorities which also do not contain the TLS Client Authentication EKU....After this change is complete, only TLS Server Authentication will be available from Let’s Encrypt.
What is the public key infrastructure for obtaining client authentication certificates that have a path of trust back to a root CA? You said separate PKI for every use case, so what is the intended PKI for this use case, if not CAs like LetsEncrypt?
Not a trap, it's just that "slop" is an english word that has a relevant meaning in this context. It's not like it's just made up slang for describing AI stuff.
maybe it's finished