add electron idea

README.md

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 - [Stitch EPUBs from multiple URLs](#stitch-epubs-from-multiple-urls)
 - [OpenAPI Specification Generator from HTTP Archives](#openapi-specification-generator-from-http-archives)
 - [Open ISIN API](#open-isin-api)
+- [A Survey of the Electron Supply Chain](#a-survey-of-the-electron-supply-chain)
 - [Licence](#licence)
 
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 Based on https://github.com/captn3m0/india-isin-data.
 
+## A Survey of the [Electron](https://www.electronjs.org/) Supply Chain
+
+Electron applications are easy to build, but hard to maintain:
+
+- using npm means the dependency tree is limitless
+- using electron means most applications are static bundles containing:
+	- a full chromium runtime
+	- a copy of ffmpeg
+	- electron
+- Chrome bugfixes take time to reach electron.
+- Older versions of electrons provided a full Node.js environment in the renderer process.
+
+The [process model](https://www.electronjs.org/docs/tutorial/process-model) has improved over time, but it's not perfect. There were 3 context isolation bypasses reported in 2020.
+
+A survey of existing applications might be worthwhile to see what's the lag between:
+
+1. A bug being reported in chrome
+2. A security fix in electron
+
+reaching end users.
+
+I did some work on it:
+
+- <https://github.com/captn3m0/which-electron>
+- <https://github.com/captn3m0/electron-fingerprints/>
+
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 ## Licence