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Aged Like Milk: From AI Swagger To Security Nightmare
AI Security Programming Databases Backend
1 day ago 127.1K views 0 shares
Aged Like Milk: From AI Swagger To Security Nightmare
Behold the magnificent journey of a "non-technical" founder going from AI-generated hubris to digital humility in just 48 hours! First tweet: "Look at my amazing no-code SaaS built with AI! Stop complaining and start building! P.S. People actually pay for this!" Two days later: "Help! I'm being attacked! My API keys are maxed out, people are bypassing subscriptions, and my database is a dumpster fire! BTW, I'm not technical so... oops?" The classic tale of finding out that building secure software requires more than just dragging and dropping with Cursor. Turns out "zero hand-written code" also means "zero security considerations." Who could have possibly predicted that?

Cybersecurity Karma Strikes Back
Security Webdev Programming StackOverflow
9 days ago 84.1K views 0 shares
Cybersecurity Karma Strikes Back
Browsing a site that collects leaked API keys, feeling all smug and superior... until that horrifying moment when you spot your own credentials in the list. Nothing humbles a developer faster than realizing you're the very security disaster you've been laughing at. Pro tip: rotate those keys before posting screenshots on Stack Overflow, genius!

Duality Of Man
Debugging Programming Testing
1 month ago 112.1K views 0 shares
Duality Of Man
The eternal delusion of a programmer's first successful compile. That brief, shining moment when your code runs without errors and you're convinced you've transcended mere mortality. Give it five minutes - reality's about to hit harder than a production server at Black Friday.

Confidence vs. Reality: A Developer's Journey
Debugging Programming Testing
4 months ago 100.4K views 0 shares
Confidence vs. Reality: A Developer's Journey
The confidence-to-reality pipeline in software development is brutal. One minute you're smugly typing away, convinced you're crafting digital poetry that would make Knuth weep. The next minute your code's running around like a happy little psychopath with zero regard for your intentions or basic logic. That smug "Me writing great code" energy evaporates faster than free pizza at a standup meeting when you see what your creation actually does in production. The worst part? That bug looks so damn pleased with itself.