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the main difference is architecture: shardium splits the secret (shamir) so the server never holds the full data, whereas vaultwarden holds the full encrypted vault.
also the "grandma factor": getting non-tech family to setup a vaultwarden account was friction. this is just "find paper in drawer, scan qr".
you highlighted exactly the "bug" i wanted to patch though: the collusion risk. if beneficiary A and B have a beer together, you get rugged.
the "live service" here acts purely as a time-lock. beneficiaries can't collude to rob you today because the 3rd shard isn't released until the dead man's switch actually triggers. it protects you from your own friends.
my other cofounder is my cousin
you can just do things
* polar.sh
* batch ai work: toss it small stuff like snippets or lookups while i stay deep in my zone.
* hard limits: ai handles grunt work, not the big logic. if i'm fixing its bugs faster than writing it, i skip it.
* async vibes: treat ai like a junior coder. send a prompt, do something else, check later. no staring at the spinner.
it’s a neat hack but definitely not the new normal for anything beyond MVPs or tiny startups.
frameworks like GTD or PARA help but none beats clear incremental steps you trust.
2( relying on gitignore or vaults alone is band-aid. sdk picks up creds from environment or home dir automatically if you use aws properly.
3) automate secret scans in ci but dont trust them blindly, human reviews and rotating keys asap is still critical.
4) biggest risk is devs rushing and skipping processes, so build workflows that make mistakes obvious and costly to push.
5) at scale, even perfect tech fails without good process + education. focus there and tools become backup not main defense.
this mindset saves time and downtime. secrets leaks cost more than any fancy tool subscription.
theres a big gap now between interactive chatbots and fully automated code gen at build time. so a tool that integrates with the build pipeline and produces documented code would be a game changer.
also if it explains why it added code not in your specs that would improve trust a lot. this is possible with current models and some clever tooling but nobody cracked the ux yet.
personally ive tried a few hacks with rust macros and cargo steps to prototype this and it works ok but still rough around edges.
this will definitely be a hot area in next 1-2 years