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Even when they're not AI slop, these kinds of "paranoid sanity checks" are the software equivalent of security-theater.
by mwkaufma 1y ago
Even when they're not AI slop, these kinds of "paranoid sanity checks" are the software equivalent of security-theater.
- bwfan123 1y agoForm over function is what they are trained for. So, verbose commentary, needless readmes, and emojis all serve that purpose.
- mwkaufma 1y agoCoding for the reviewer, not the user.
- simonw 1y agoYeah, I really hate code like this because it generally ends up full of codepaths that have never been exercised, so there's all sorts of potential for weird behavior and unexpected edge cases. Plus it's harder to review.
- dwd 1y agoSometimes security theater is what you need to not trigger a false positive on a static code analysis. I haven't needed to use a service like Fortinet recently and am now wondering if a LLM is part of their tool and if it's better/worse?