Writing | Asghar Ali

Writing

Notes on judgment, and what the tools changed.

6 Sept 20264 min

The security risks nobody checks in vibe-coded apps

Generated code ships with a recognisable set of holes: absent authorisation, secrets in the client bundle, unbounded AI endpoints, and dependencies nobody chose. What I look for when reviewing an app that was mostly written by a model.

Security
AI-assisted development
Code review
Engineering leadership

4 Sept 20264 min

Why human validation is still the constraint

Generation got cheap; verification did not. What actually has to be checked when a model writes the code, why the reviewer is now the bottleneck, and how to restructure review so that is sustainable.

AI-assisted development
Code review
Engineering leadership
Process

1 Sept 20264 min · video

Is AI going to replace software developers?

The honest answer from someone who runs a 39-project portfolio with these tools in daily use: the job is being restructured rather than removed, some rungs of the ladder are genuinely disappearing, and the scarce skill has shifted from producing code to judging it.

AI-assisted development
Engineering leadership
Careers

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