Vibe coding. Overuse of H-1B visas. Microsoft specifically seems to rely a lot on foreign workers because a lot of them will do whatever their employer asks without question because their employer has a lot of control over whether they are even allowed in the US.
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FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 3 weeks ago
Slopper companies like MS, Google, and Spotify are all having massive vulnerabilities. I wonder why.
timewarp@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
very_well_lost@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Overuse of H-1B visas.
It’s literally a system of indentured servitude and corpos are just free to abuse it with impunity.
WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Obviously the problem is that office was not written in a safe language. rewrite office in rust!
dejpivo@lemmings.world 3 weeks ago
I genuinely wonder if rust helps guarding against slop coding vulnerabilities, at least statistically.
WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
the compiler stops you from compiling most of incorrect code. unless AI learns to use unsafe blocks liberally, it will still prevent memory corruption bugs
ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
Don’t forget Linux.
(XZ not technically Linux)
Zink@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
It sounds like they’ve gotten fat, rich, and complacent. Just like some societies I know!