The Unlikely Hero: How age-install Became npm's Defense Against Supply Chain Attacks

As npm packages face increasing supply chain attacks that occur at alarming frequency, age-install provides a novel and effective defense by delaying the installation of newly published packages, giving the security community crucial time to detect and flag malicious code. This tool fills a long-overlooked gap between npm and pnpm, solving a vulnerability that the ecosystem should have addressed years ago. The project demonstrates how simple dependency management innovations can have profound security implications for millions of developers worldwide.