Feross on the 10 Minutes or Less Podcast: Nobody Reads the Code

Recent weeks have witnessed an increase in supply chain attacks, sophisticated social engineering, and nation-state actors targeting open-source project maintainers, turning what was once a niche issue into a pressing concern for development teams. In a podcast episode from "10 Minutes or Less," Socket CEO Feross Aboukhadijeh discusses with host Ali Rohde the current landscape of these security challenges, using the Axios backdoor attack as a case study to highlight maintainer vulnerabilities. The conversation delves into the evolving role of AI in both cyber attacks and defense, the difficulty of maintaining modern software reliant on vast amounts of unreviewed code, and the inherent "tragedy of the commons" problem impacting open-source sustainability. The discussion also speculates on the future of open source in the next five years, considering the potential impact of AI agents on maintainers’ workloads.

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