Engineers who build OS-like things know they have to constantly be paranoid about code execution.

· Bits and Bobs 8/11/25
  • Engineers who build OS-like things know they have to constantly be paranoid about code execution.
    • Normal app developers don't have to care.
    • In the past, dealing with untrusted executable code was rare, so the vast majority of developers didn't need to be aware of it.
    • LLMs make all text executable, which means that app developers now need to think like an OS developer... but they don't realize they need to.
    • Even if they knew they needed to, they wouldn't know how to.

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