Dev reverse-engineers YC Paxel to see what it does with your source code
Hacker News Show HN·1mo·codesoda
A maker dug into Paxel's internals and published the extracted Rails rootfs to GitHub, raising transparency questions about how the YC-backed tool handles developer source code. For indie makers considering third-party build or deployment tools, it's a useful reminder to audit what actually runs on your codebase before handing it over.
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