The architecture we've used for networked software has always been a dumpsterfire.

· Bits and Bobs 9/21/26
  • The architecture we've used for networked software has always been a dumpsterfire.
    • High stakes, multiple adversarial actors, a single error leaves the whole thing wide open.
    • The only reason it was good enough was because previously all of that was 10 meters under water.
    • It was hard enough to scuba dive to find zero days that only the top adversaries could afford to do it.
    • For most uses, your software was below the Coasian Floor of being worth attacking.
    • But now Fable-class models have lowered sea level by 10 meters.
    • Now, the dumpsterfire is on the surface.
    • The rate of security issues being discovered will go up by 1000x or more.
    • This sprawling mess of an architecture is fundamentally not sufficient to work for networked software in the age of AI.

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