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Let AI Read Documents, but Let Code Do the Math
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Let AI Read Documents, but Let Code Do the Math

The controller requires manually entered values to fall between 0 and 100, but the path where AI reads values from documents and feeds them in only checks whether they are numeric. A single negative value inflated the result to 5.25 times what it should have been without an error — a lesson in treating AI output as untrusted input, just like values entered by people.

#ai#llm#claude#claude-code
10 min read·12 Oct
Auditing a Deployed Laravel Site — 3 Layers in Priority Order
Security

Auditing a Deployed Laravel Site — 3 Layers in Priority Order

After deploying Laravel to production, check security in 3 layers — probe externally for exposed endpoints, check files/permissions on the server, then grep for vulnerabilities in the code. This article provides commands and P0-P2 priorities for deciding what to fix first.

#security#hardening#php-fpm#cloudflare
8 min read·17 Jul