Maximizing macOS dev-setup security

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  • hammerspoon

    Staggeringly powerful macOS desktop automation with Lua

  • If you want to install rcmd's window focusing capability, that introduces Hammerspoon which does have those permissions. In that case, running a malware can leave you exposed as the malware would be able to use Hammerspoon to gain privileges. Better not to use Hammerspoon if you think running malware accidentally can happen.

  • Lunar

    Intelligent adaptive brightness for your external monitors

  • I was statically analyzing a crack of Lunar sent by a cracker to mock me (by static I mean looking at its disassembly, not running it). But because Lunar-cracked.app was on my filesystem, and because Alfred was configured to show .app files in the default results, I accidentally ran the crack when I typed Lunar and pressed enter, as it appeared first in the Alfred results.

  • WorkOS

    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

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