This Is Fine
AI is accelerating vulnerability discovery and exploitation while exposing the accumulated fragility of software and the ambiguity of agent authorization.
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Essays on AI, software engineering and leadership, with occasional detours through books, society and life.
The latest incarnation of saarthi
Believing in reincarnation comes with being (notionally) a Hindu. So let me introduce the latest incarnation of saarthi - my personal assistant.
Read essayA cave under the house
My grandfather claimed that there was a magical cave under his house, full of treasure. We just needed to dig through the floor, but my grandmother wouldn't
Read essayNobody Home: AI Agents and Blindsight
I'm back in the States, very jet lagged, and can't sleep. So, as you do, I've been spending way too much time reading about AI agents doing bad things.
Read essayLiving Below the API
I am on my way back home after a couple of weeks in India. During my time there, I spent a lot of time thinking about the future of work.
Read essayIs Software Engineering a Dead End?
Is software engineering a dead end? Are the jobs going away?
Read essayWhat Is a Software Engineer Now?
I left my home town of Vadodara almost 30 years ago. While it still feels like home, the city has changed - it has grown, it has become more chaotic, it has
Read essayRest in Git, Little Buddy
Yesterday I said goodbye to a companion of the last seven months. It was bittersweet, and also a bit of a relief.
Read essayWhen AI Agents Go Rogue
As I write this post, my kids are splashing around in a swimming pool. I am squinting at this iPad balanced precariously on a deck chair in the bright
Read essayIs Software Engineering Still a Viable Career?
Choosing software engineering as a career might seem reckless at a time when AI can write most of your code and agents are running wild hacking companies.
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