The Kessler Syndrome (where blowups multiply exponentially) applied to software
Earlier this year, inspired by a spate of supply chain attacks (like Mini Shai-Hulud-style worms, which culminated in headlines like Microsoft's Azure tools themselves being compromised), I wrote on my blog about the Kessler Syndrome, applied to software. Ie: the rising likelihood that, because of how bad actors with agentic AI can do far more damage, more quickly with the secrets they exfiltrate from penetrated networks, we could get into a situation where essentially every network of medium or
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2026-10-22 09:15:15.177Z
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Source account: Earlier this year, inspired by a spate of supply chain attacks (like Mini Shai-Hulud-style worms, which culminated in headlines like Microsoft's Azure tools themselves being compromised), I wrote on my blog about the Kessler Syndrome, applied to software. Ie: the rising likelihood that, because of how bad actors with agentic AI can do far more damage, more quickly with the secrets they exfiltrate from penetrated networks, we could get into a situation where essentially every network of medium or
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Source votes: 6 votes (Oct 22, 2026 UTC; cumulative since publication); previous same-scope observation: 4 (Oct 22, 2026 UTC). These observations do not establish demand growth. Recent records to compare: “Transitive Policies for Agents: Agent Permissions Don't Automatically Compose” (Hacker News, Nov 14, 2026); “Build Your Own AI Coding Agent Harness” (Hacker News, Nov 14, 2026). Shared themes are navigation hints; they have not been verified as the same need or independent corroboration.
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