AI code isn't uniquely insecure — the biggest apps grew on janky PHP
dreamwieber · x · 2026-10-15
Pushing back on claims that AI coding will produce buggy, insecure apps, the author notes the world's biggest apps and sites got through growth periods running on the jankiest PHP code — human developers have always shipped insecure software. He half-jokes that AI coding might even be a net improvement for security.
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