As someone with over 30 years experience in computer security, both in corporate as well as boutique security and startup shops, who has been consistently fighting this trend, and recently bearing witness to and engaging in the current AI surge: I can say with absolute confidence that it is only getting and going to get even worse yet.
People like me who know there is a better way are getting pushed harder to lean on AI tooling even though we know that it is making things worse. This isn’t just because our founder/funding overlords are pressing us to do it. The sheer volume of new mission critical code being pumped out enabled by vibe coding is also leaving us little choice but to lean in too just to try and keep up.
We can all see it as clear as day: The tech isn’t ready for any of this. But nobody wants to hear that and everyone is marching off the cliff together anyway. We’re all going to land in the same waste pit together. Raise a glass and whimper.