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digitaltrees • yesterday at 9:16 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

That’s a fine point but the sheer volume of bug discovery and exploitation that is now possible is the problem, not the mere existence of a bug. An undiscovered bug is a problem, billions of coding agents searching every bit of software 24/7 for any vulnerability is a disruptive change that is exacerbated by the speed run competition that disregards the risk.


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jfsebastian • yesterday at 10:39 PM

I would steer in this direction: We have a massive mountain of technical debt that is now being laid bare by AI. I suspect that a good portion of the mess for which various three-letter agencies are responsible has its origins in precisely this mess. We should therefore allow things to get worse before they can get better.

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warkdarrior • yesterday at 10:16 PM

Maybe programmers should not create so much buggy software. Did you try that?

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