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Re:Wait, What's a Bookmarklet? by ashtonmeuser on Thursday October 26, 2023 @08:01PM (#38033197)
Hi! Agreed re: advantages of gist/git backing. Comments and gist history via GitHub add a lot of value for free. The tool also allows bookmarklet creators to write in modern, un-obfuscated JS as there are transpilation, minification, and IIFE wrapping applied to the bookmarklet.

The security risk angle is also a concern I share. If you take a look at the disclaimer at the bottom of my project README [1], you'll see this exact issue mentioned. Versioning gists and thus bookmarklets is discussed in the same document [2]. This locks bookmarklet source to a specific commit of the git repo underlying a gist.

[1] https://github.com/ashtonmeuser/bookmarklet-platform?tab=rea...

[2] https://github.com/ashtonmeuser/bookmarklet-platform?tab=rea...

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