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by shannongreen 680 days ago
And I thought "install from curl" was bad. Now we run from curl, every time?

  alias qub="source <(curl -sSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jamonholmgren/qub/main/src/cli.sh)"
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Shell as a Service. It's the new frontier in IT outsourcing , ready for the next repetition of the thin client fad.
Slap LLM and buzzwords like 'collaboration' and 'inclusiveness' in it and I'm sold.
here, have an upvote, and a quote:

"we have exclusive features like 'inclusiveness' and competitive features like 'collaboration'."

>and I'm sold

requested buzzwords are above, I'm told.

I updated the README with instructions on how to download the file, review it, and alias it locally. :-)
Install from Curl has an undeservedly bad reputation. The only real issue is that it makes hiding malware slightly easier.
Getting ideas...