What’s the most dangerous thing AI coding tools make look easy?
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After having hit 30k+ ARR with a vibecoded app, I now have to ask myself:
what’s the most dangerous thing AI coding tools make look easy?
My top 3 picks:
Auth
Payments
Database permissions
Curious what other things you had to learn the hard way.
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credential management. AI will happily hardcode api keys into your codebase and it works perfectly until someone pushes it to a public repo. seen it happen more than once
@tina_chhabra exactly. And it gets even worse with AI model keys. Someone finds them, starts burning your credits, and you only realize a week later after seeing a $3k+ bill for usage that wasn’t yours.