Pydantic Creator Complains OpenAI Codex Blocks Legitimate Security Reviews
samuelcolvin · x · 2026-08-07
Samuel Colvin, creator of Pydantic, tweeted his frustration after OpenAI's Codex blocked him from conducting a security review of file system operations within the Pydantic codebase.
He appealed to OpenAI to provide a mechanism that allows developers to bypass such restrictions during legitimate security reviews, highlighting the ongoing friction between AI coding assistants' safety guardrails and actual development needs.
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