Paul Graham amplifies dev's plea: under 48-hour attack waves, defense needs 24/7 agents too
mhmazur · x · 2026-10-18
Developer thdxr reports his systems have been under non-stop attack for the past 48 hours; a side effect is that everything is getting hardened, but he argues defenders now need agents running 24/7 — "because that's what they have."
Paul Graham reposted it with "This is how things will be for the foreseeable future," underscoring an era where both attackers and defenders rely on autonomous agents.
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