Blog on Salwyn Mathew

mini-shai-hulud

Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 +0530

On May 11th, 2026, Mini Shai-Hulud, a self-replicating npm/PyPI worm orchestrated a major supply chain attack campaign in 2026, attributed to a group called TeamPCP. It’s a dead man’s switch malware that plants a watcher on your computer which nukes your home directory the moment you revoke your github credentials. Tanstack and mistralAI are some of the few packages affected (more listed here).

If you’re wondering, this is one of the many major attacks this year that has stirred up tech:

graph of fame

Thu, 30 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0530

so the idea is that each node represent a guitarist. Each node connects to the other node based on the gear they use. Strong gear similarity signals a tight edge (connection). Weak gear similarity signals a loose edge. This would then create clusters of similar gear using guitarists there similar genre.

I want to extend this to tone topography but that isnt available though.

I want to create an obsidian like graph.

interfaces arent involving fast enough

Thu, 30 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0530

We’re at software 3.0 and we’re still making and designing more buttons. In 2026, chat interfaces are more productive than navigating through a new website which feels overwhelming. MCP and tool calling solved exactly this but its still not widely adopted, yet. Then there are things like this, which to me is nothing but a gemini wrapped demo tour.

This is how I use a clickety, buttony software:

Ask Claude, “How do I trim this video on Final Cut Pro”
Claude gives me the proper steps
I follow those steps by clicking buttons and opening menus.

If Final Cut Pro had an MCP server:

Markdown Syntax Guide

Fri, 03 Jan 2020 00:00:00 +0530

For a quick cheatsheet, check out https://simplemde.com/markdown-guide.

This article offers a sample of basic Markdown syntax that can be used in Hugo content files, also it shows whether basic HTML elements are decorated with CSS in a Hugo theme.