Issue 335: Did you build your software on quicksand?

You have to wonder…are we building castles on quicksand? Are the sleek new AI features just distractions from the major architectural flaws in our software? This week, we’re looking at what exactly happens when infrastructure, architecture, and process are forsaken. For instance, that recent Instagram hack that compromised Obama’s account? The attackers just had to ask Meta’s AI nicely to get in. Fabio Salvadori explores the event and what we can learn about judgment and secure architecture from it. On the pod, we’re talking with Apollo GraphQL’s Matt DeBergalis about structured semantic architecture and reining in token spend, and Infoblox’s Cricket Liu about the woes of infrastructure and why most people don’t really understand DNS.

And we hate to call you out, but just because your tools are evolved doesn’t mean your processes are. Good thing we’ve got a piece on updating your workflows to match your updated tooling. Plus, we’ve got stories on everything from a malware campaign on GitHub to a web server running on a cracked phone, and the answers to your burning questions about the mysterious Professor Y and your rights as an AI-using dev. Luckily, this Overflow was built on a sturdy foundation of interesting links and vetted knowledge. You can check yourself down below.