Make It Until You Break It

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Make It Until You Break It

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The universe has a sick sense of humor. Vercel, the platform literally built to host all those shiny new AI-powered SaaS apps, just got absolutely wrecked by... *checks notes* ...a third-party AI tool. The irony is so thick you could deploy it to production.

Imagine building your entire infrastructure to support the AI revolution, only to have some random AI app with OAuth access become your worst nightmare. It's like being a locksmith who gets robbed because they left their keys in the door. The platform that enables developers to ship AI features faster than you can say "npm install" got compromised through the very ecosystem it was designed to support. Chef's kiss of cosmic justice right there.

The security incident is dated April 2026, which means this is either a time traveler's warning or someone's having way too much fun with Photoshop. Either way, the message is clear: you can build the most cutting-edge platform in the world, but if your users are out here handing OAuth tokens to sketchy AI tools like candy on Halloween, you're gonna have a bad time.

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