Awards

GitHub Stars award
GitHub Stars are a diverse set of individuals that inspire, educate, and influence those around them. They are nominated by GitHub as experts and technical leaders who passionately share their expertise with others.
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OpenJS Foundation Pathfinder award for Security
"Liran is a tireless advocate for security in the JS ecosystem. He works hard to build bridges, educate developers about security issues, and support Open Source projects working to improve their security posture. Liran has served on the Node security team and is always available to support developers!"
- The OpenJS Foundation
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Schrodinger Open Source Day award
Liran Tal delivered the opening keynote at the OpenSourceDay 2023 event in Italy and was honored to receive the Schrodinger Open Source Day award.
Learn MoreAppreciation & Milestones
A changelog of assorted community appreciation and recognition as well as personal and professional milestones and achievements for Liran Tal.
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- π
2020-11-12"What an honor. Thank you Liran. Some people talk about AppSec (me) and some people really dig in and do the work (you). I'm a big fan. π€π»"
Jim ManicoOWASP Leader - π
2021-01-13"This is one of the best guides I've seen on this topic, really cool stuff. Definitely going to take a look at @snyksec's @github action to add it in our @hoprnet project."
Jose AguinagaHead of Engineering at @hoprnet - π
2021-05-14"This has become my primary source for learning docker with node. Thanks for sharing these π"
Dev Sharma - π
2022-07-03"After being in a workshop by @liran_tal and realizing that RegExps can be exploited fairly easily, I decided to use a validation library. I even contributed to the @DefinitelyTyped definition of it :D"
Fernando CarrascosaTech Lead JavaScriptLandia Pathfinder Security Award to Liran Tal
2022-06-16Congratulations again to the recipients of our first ever JavaScriptLandia awards last week at #openjsworld22! βοΈ @BethGriggs_βοΈ@matteocollina βοΈDarshan Sen βοΈ@TzviyaSiegman βοΈ@liran_tal βοΈ @wesbos
OpenJS FoundationGitHub Star
2021-06-16Congratulations to @liran_tal, on becoming a GitHub Star β. Liran β€οΈs making security accessible to all. He's a maintainer, speaker, author, and mentor. Check out his GitHub Star profile.
GitHub- π
2019-10-08"Quickly find publicly known security vulnerabilities in a website's JS libs π by @liran_tal π #cli #javascript #security https://changelog.com/news/83PM "
ChangelogTech Lead JavaScriptLandia Pathfinder Security Award to Liran Tal
2022-07-18Flattered and deeply honored to be awarded the @OpenJSF JavaScriptLandia Pathfinder Security Award for 2022, announced on OpenJS World 2022 in Austin π₯°. Many thanks to everyone who have nominated me. I'm passionate to educate and help improve developer security for us all.
Liran TalDirector of Developer Advocacy, Snyk- π
2022-10-14"I really love the cheat sheets you made on this. I can't do anything with #NodeJS and #Docker without considering your suggestions/insights"
Manuel S. MartoneSenior Engineering Manager @TrustLayerIO - π
2022-10-14"path traversal - may the path be with you, @liran_tal warning about dangers in vscode extensions dotdotpwn'ing /etc/hosts @ #NodeConfEU r%2d%u"
Duncan HealySoftware Engineer - π
2022-10-14"path traversal - may the path be with you, @liran_tal warning about dangers in vscode extensions dotdotpwn'ing /etc/hosts @ #NodeConfEU r%2d%u"
Duncan HealySoftware Engineer - π
2022-10-02"π‘ In @HTTPArchive's Web Almanac security chapter, @Saptak013, @liran_tal& @_clarkio share correlations between security adoption measures. They also discuss Web Application Security Working Group's standards & drafts."
Snyk - π
2022-10-14"https://github.com/lirantal/lockfile-lint is a great tool to help reduce that risk"
ShuSoftware Engineer at Vercel - π
2022-10-17"This should be a standard for any back-end-to-front-end integration! Thank you @liran_tal!"
Gabriel MangiureaSoftware Engineer at Vercel - π
2022-10-17"This should be a standard for any back-end-to-front-end integration! Thank you @liran_tal!"
Gabriel MangiureaSoftware Engineer at Vercel - π
2022-10-21"This re-prompted me to test Debian (Bullseye + Node 18.11 vs Alpine) images on Cloud Run. I ran a quick experiment for a couple of hours. Debian is ~: 30% lower CPU, 30% lower startup latency, 30% lower billable time ($), ~10% more RAM Thanks so much, as always, @liran_tal!"
Neil CraigLead Technical Architect at @BBC. - π
2022-10-21"All @nordicjs talks are finally online, thanks a lot! here are my favs: ES2025 news, Interviews for developers, hacking react apps by @liran_tal, Leveraging types to make UI by @bloodyowl, security risks in your node_modules by @feross, web perf boost by @vitalyf"
George SifaldaEarly startups dev advisor - π
2022-06-16"Thanks to @liran_tal, now I have a better understanding why you should always use ββignore-scriptsβ within your 'npm install' calls π #JSNation #gitnation"
Konstantin KlimashevichProgram Committee member | @thejsnation @reactsummit @ReactAdvanced @reactdayberlin β€ JS - π
2022-06-161"I know I'm not allowed to call favsies but REALLY enjoyed @TauriApps' and @liran_tal sessions at #jsnation on, respectively, shipping code with a smaller footprint using open source, and OSS supply chain security π"
FloorEarly startups dev advisor - π
2013-10-09"ΧΧΧ¨Χ¦ΧΧ Χ©Χ ΧΧΧ¨Χ ΧΧ, ΧΧΧ ΧΧΧͺΧΧ ΧͺΧΧ ΧΧΧΧΧΧ Χ©ΧΧ Χ ΧΧΧΧ¨ :-) #drupalcampisrael2013"
Ran Bar ZikSenior Architect at Cyberark - π
2022-10-27"Thanks to @liran_tal, we're now running Node 18 Debian (slim) in prod & I measured the improvements vs Alpine w/ same workload: β -16.3% CPU, β+8.6% RAM, β -3.7% exec time, β -14.5% start latency, β -17.6% billable time (& thus $ saved), 5 lines of config changed. Anyone know why?"
Neil CraigLead Technical Architect at @BBC. - π
2022-06-07"JavascriptLandia Security pathfinder award @liran_tal #openjsworld22"
Waleed AshrafMember @Node.js - π
2022-06-07"uuhuuuuuu congrats @liran_tal for the Pathfinder award for security π€©π€© #openjsworld22 #openjsworld"
Erick WendelGitHub Star, Node.js collaborator - π
2022-05-30"Thanks @liran_tal, you had great insights and it was a pleasure to pick your brain."
Agam MoreDev Growth - Remote Dev - Creator of http://Unzip.dev - π
2022-05-07"Did you already hack a React App? We are doing it with @liran_tal #JSDayCAN2022"
Fernando CarrascosaTech Lead and Senior Front End Engineer @INGnl Web - π
2022-05-05"Being part of @canariasjs staff gives me the privilege to attend and record @liran_tal workshop. Wonderful professional and better person. #JSDayCAN2022"
Goyo RegaladoSoftware Engineer - π
2022-05-05"Being part of @canariasjs staff gives me the privilege to attend and record @liran_tal workshop. Wonderful professional and better person. #JSDayCAN2022"
Goyo RegaladoSoftware Engineer - π
2022-05-05"Being part of @canariasjs staff gives me the privilege to attend and record @liran_tal workshop. Wonderful professional and better person. #JSDayCAN2022"
Goyo RegaladoSoftware Engineer - π
2022-03-29"'Ready, Code, Push'- Fascinating Advancing open source course, lead by @liran_tal"
Or ManorDataGeek & Google Developers Women Techmaker Ambassador(WTM) - π
2022-05-08"Thanks Liran! The island tech community is wonderful and we're proud to be part of it. Your presentation was fantastic and spurred discussion at our firm about how to be more deliberate about web security."
Sebastian GoodCo-founder of @experoinc - π
2022-03-15"ΧͺΧ€Χ§ΧΧ ΧDeveloper Relations ΧΧΧ ΧΧΧ ΧΧΧΧͺΧΧ¨ΧΧ Χ©ΧΧ©. ΧΧ Χ©Χ DevRel ΧΧΧΧΧ Χ¦Χ¨ΧΧΧΧ ΧΧ©ΧΧΧ¨ Χ’Χ ΧΧΧΧΧ ΧΧ Χ€Χ©ΧΧ ΧΧΧ Χ¨ΧΧ ΧΧΧ ΧΧͺ ΧΧΧΧΧ, ΧΧΧΧΧΧͺ ΧͺΧ§Χ©ΧΧ¨Χͺ ΧΧΧ’ΧΧ¨Χͺ ΧΧ‘Χ¨ΧΧ, ΧΧΧ¦ΧΧ¨Χ ΧΧͺΧΧ©ΧΧͺ Χ©Χ ΧͺΧΧΧ ΧΧ’Χ Χ’Χ¨Χ. ΧΧΧ© ΧΧΧ£ ΧΧ¨ΧΧΧͺ Χ Χ¦ΧΧΧΧͺ ΧΧ©ΧΧ Χ, @liran_tal, ΧΧ¨Χ©ΧΧΧͺ 100 ΧΧ Χ©Χ ΧDevRel ΧΧΧ©Χ€ΧΧ’ΧΧ ΧΧ’ΧΧΧ https://ecairn.com/blog/top-100-influencers-devrel"
Liad YosefHead of Frontend at Duda - π
2022-02-15"We would like to thank 470 npm practitioners who participated in our research and provided valuable feedback. The paper is available in arXiv: https://lnkd.in/gwGt989T. @liran_tal"
Nusrat ZahanPhD Candidate@NCSU CS || Former Research Intern @Microsoft - π
2022-02-15"We would like to thank 470 npm practitioners who participated in our research and provided valuable feedback. The paper is available in arXiv: https://lnkd.in/gwGt989T. @liran_tal"
Nusrat ZahanPhD Candidate@NCSU CS || Former Research Intern @Microsoft - π
2021-11-21"An ESLint plugin to detect and stop Trojan Source attacks #infosec #javascript"
JS Party - π
2018-12-20"dockly is an immersive terminal interface for managing docker containers and services https://buff.ly/2IHF1gg"
learnk8s - π
2018-05-06"If you're working with #Docker, do yourself a favour and checkout @liran_tal dockly https://github.com/lirantal/dockly"
Kim CarterFounder of http://binarymist.io, creator of @purpleteamlabs - π
2019-11-11"Dockly is a lightweight CLI Docker management tool. Limited but useful when using SSH."
Razvan T. ColojaLinux admin and SBC enthusiast - π
2019-05-22"Dockly - Manage Docker Containers From Terminal #Dockly #Docker #Virtualization #ManageDockers #LinuxContainers #Nodejs #Opensource #CLI https://ostechnix.com/dockly-manage-docker-containers-from-terminal/"
OSTechNix - π
2019-05-02"π³ lirantal/dockly Immersive terminal interface for managing #docker containers and services https://github.com/lirantal/dockly"
Quentin AdamCEO @clever_cloud, co-founder @_icilundi, Chairman @OpenInternetPro, co-founder @Makair_fr - π
2022-01-28"Just want to give a shout out to @liran_tal for writing this cheatsheet for dockerizing nodejs apps: https://snyk.io/wp-content/uploads/10-best-practices-to-containerize-Node.js-web-applications-with-Docker.pdf I don't know how many times I've pointed people to it."
Jarrod OversonCTO & Founder of @candle_corp - π
2022-01-25"Highly recommend this beyond-the-basics Node.js talk by Liran Tal 'Mastering Node.js best practices for Docker-based applications' https://youtu.be/VSEx8gV51lY"
Yoni GoldbergNode.js consultant - π
2022-01-25"Highly recommend this beyond-the-basics Node.js talk by Liran Tal 'Mastering Node.js best practices for Docker-based applications' https://youtu.be/VSEx8gV51lY"
Yoni GoldbergNode.js consultant - π
2022-11-22"This guy is the best!!! I hugged him tight! β€οΈβ€οΈβ€οΈ"
Natalia VendittoDeveloper Experience at Microsoft - π
2022-11-09"This morning I learned how to author an ESLint plugin! Pretty cool π Thanks @simonesanfradev and @liran_tal"
Luciano MamminoSenior Architect @fourTheorem - π
2022-12-09"Open Source is awesome! I have been learning a lot about ESLint, ASTs, and security working on this PR: https://github.com/eslint-community/eslint-plugin-security/pull/95 - A huge thank you to @simonesanfradev for involving me in this, to @liran_tal for inspiring this work, and to @slicknet for the awesome review session!"
Luciano MamminoSenior Architect @fourTheorem - π
2022-12-26"ΧΧΧ ΧΧΧ¨Χ, ΧΧ¦Χ ΧΧ ΧΧ¦Χ€ΧΧͺ ΧΧΧ¨Χ¦ΧΧ Χ©ΧΧ’ΧΧ¨Χͺ ΧΧΧΧ ΧΧΧ ΧΧ ΧΧ©Χ ΧΧΧΧΧΧͺ ΧΧΧΧ ΧΧΧͺ ΧΧ¨Χ§ Χ¨Χ¦ΧΧͺΧ ΧΧΧΧΧ Χ©ΧΧΧ¨Χ¦ΧΧ ΧΧΧΧͺΧ ΧΧ¨ΧͺΧ§Χͺ ΧΧΧ ΧΧ’ΧΧ¨Χͺ ΧΧΧͺΧ ΧΧ¦ΧΧ¨Χ ΧΧΧ© ΧΧ¨ΧΧ¨Χ (ΧΧ ΧΧΧ§Χ¨Χ ΧΧ© ΧΧ Χ’ΧΧ ΧΧ¨Χ¦ΧΧΧͺ Χ€ΧΧΧΧΧΧͺ Χ©ΧΧ’ΧΧ¨Χͺ ΧΧ Χ©ΧͺΧ’ΧΧΧ¨, ΧΧ©ΧΧ ΧΧ©ΧΧΧ’ Χ’Χ ΧΧ)."
StudentA university student - π
2023-01-20"Thank you so much. You are my inspiration π"
Mohammad Shaad ShaikhFull Stack Web Developer - π
2023-01-20"Thanks for your contribution. You make world a better place mate"
ManOrInfinityEngineer - π
2021-10-29"Security is such an overseen topic on FE development. The @snyksec team is doing a great job in sharing knowledge and @liran_tal is producing content left and right!!"
Atila FassinaEngineer - π
2021-10-30"Holiday it is coming to an end. I was almost entirely absent from social media but did not code for two weeks! π€― I did watch the whole start wars movies instead & finished reading @liran_tal book βEssential Node.js Security for Express Web Applicationsβ which I totally recommend"
Ewerton AzevedoEngineer - π
2021-11-27"Highly recommending you to follow @liran_tal as he has been doing a lot of work on improving security of JavaScript & Node.js projects. https://github.com/lirantal has some of the past tools etc. listed, and he does a good amount of writing about the topic."
Daniel SchildtEngineer - π
2021-05-18"Bumping from January. Great resource from @liran_tal and the Snyk team."
Kenn WhiteEngineer - π
2021-05-31"Good managers push you forward. Amazing ones keep doing it long after you left. Thank you @liran_tal β€οΈ"
Idan CohenSoftware Developer - π
2019-05-22"Convinced I gotta get @snyksec into my projects after seeing @liran_tal's talk on security. @VoxxedFrontend"
Vlad DurneaCEO @madapes - π
2019-11-07"Look what I picked up at #OReillySACon. Kudos @liran_tal @guypod and @snyksec!"
Avi DouglenFounder and CEO Bounce Security - π
2019-11-05"Excellent talk by @liran_tal at @devseccon TLV. We know that open source packages are dangerous - containers contain lots of them and are VERY dangerous!"
Ethan SchorerAppSec Team Leader, Monday.com - π
2019-04-21"Thanks to @liran_tal, @HugoLocurcio and Hongarc for the contributions to MockIt yesterday πββοΈ π π I found https://allcontributors.org through @kentcdodds open source work, and I think it's such a great tool!"
David BoyneEngineer - π
2019-03-10"The change that I made in @liran_tal's lockfile-lint just saved me from committing "version": "file:" in my package-lock.json ππ»ππ»"
James SingletonSenior Software Engineer, Zendesk - π
2020-01-09"I want to publicly thank the amazing work that @snyksec is doing for help us to understand what is going on in the #OpenSource ecosystem regarding #Security.This awesome talk from @liran_tal is one of the keys to understand the big picture. πππ"
Ulises GasconSenior Software Engineer - π
2019-10-01"Remember when I said use a lock file and you will be safe? Turns out it's not that that simple! Great read from @liran_tal Why npm lockfiles can be a security blindspot for injecting malicious modules | Snyk https://buff.ly/2mDI5on"
Chris LaughlinSoftware Engineer - π
2021-11-18"Some of the things I'm teaching I know from you π"
Zbyszek TenerowiczSoftware Engineer - π
2023-09-25"Hey man! Your content on has helped me a ton π"
Scott SpenceApplication Team Lead @XtendOps