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Oh it’s still a debate. IT would have it so you can’t install brew if they had their way.

• NegativeK 3y ago
  We in cybersecurity know that you need to have brew/pip/npm/whatever installed and you need admin access, but it still absolutely _horrifies_ us. Treating a dev box as anything other than a permanently compromised piece of hardware is a recipe for disaster, and that applies to our machines where we have to run those tools.
  • devnullbrain 3y ago
    For us, it feels like our development is a loathed distraction from your quest to implement the platonic ideal of a secure machine, free from any indulgences like networking, external drives, and a fan given the chance to wind-down between the anti-virus stomping on the CPU. I particularly like joining a new company and being expected to write and memorise several distinct, secure passwords before having the computing and network freedom to use a password manager. Having to tell my new manager I forgot my password is a riot.
    • NegativeK 3y ago
      Look, I'll make a compromise with you. I'll give you no AV/EDR/XDR/Mountain DewDR that'll use up your CPU if you'll grant me no external I/O ports at all on your computer. In fact, I'll throw you a bone -- no input devices on a fresh install and you can have all the output devices you want. And no input means no need to remember passwords!