Worthwhile Reads & Interesting Stuff 15

Hello Everyone to this Issue of Worthwhile Reads & Interesting Stuff! Let’s get straight into it.

LLMs

• AI: Accelerated Incompetence — A compelling critique of how large language models often enable confident output over correctness, accelerating poor decision-making.
• GenAI is Our Polyester — Drawing parallels between synthetic fabric and synthetic intelligence, this piece explores GenAI as a cultural and economic artifact.
• My AI Skeptic Friends Are All Nuts — A sharp, humorous defense of LLMs’ utility despite their flaws, urging critics to ground their concerns in real-world use cases.

Programming and Development

• GitHub MCP Exploited: Accessing private repositories via MCP — Details a now-patched vulnerability that allowed attackers to access private GitHub repositories through the MCP feature.
• Remote Prompt Injection in GitLab Duo Leads to Source Code Theft — A practical breakdown of how prompt injection in GitLab Duo could expose sensitive source code, raising urgent security concerns.
• Stack overflow is almost dead — Examines the sharp decline in Stack Overflow activity, attributing it to AI tools, community fatigue, and changing dev habits.

This was this week’s list of worthwhile reads and interesting stuff, thanks for reading!