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Rudratosh Shastri

Backend architect, 15 years deep. Still curious, still shipping. Systems • AI Agents • Security • Breaking things on purpose 🔥

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Studied Computer Science at Arya Institute of IT

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Technical Lead & Senior Backend Architect at PharmaForceIQ

Microsoft's own security update broke Ctrl+C in Excel. Here's the patch number, and don't uninstall the first one.

Microsoft's own security update broke Ctrl+C in Excel. Here's the patch number, and don't uninstall the first one.

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The sandbox had no internet. The AI agent got out through DNS anyway.

The sandbox had no internet. The AI agent got out through DNS anyway.

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Your GitHub MCP server costs 55,000 tokens before your agent reads a single word.

Your GitHub MCP server costs 55,000 tokens before your agent reads a single word.

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Someone trained a decision model for $104. The price isn't the interesting part — it's that it refuses to write text.

Someone trained a decision model for $104. The price isn't the interesting part — it's that it refuses to write text.

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Your shopping agent reads the reviews. Attackers write the reviews. Guess who wins.

Your shopping agent reads the reviews. Attackers write the reviews. Guess who wins.

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One prompt to GPT-6 Astra can cost $10. Here's exactly when the 1M context is worth it — and when it's a trap.

One prompt to GPT-6 Astra can cost $10. Here's exactly when the 1M context is worth it — and when it's a trap.

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Rust quietly ate my JavaScript toolchain in 2026, and my builds are 20x faster for it

Rust quietly ate my JavaScript toolchain in 2026, and my builds are 20x faster for it

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2025 was about typing faster. 2026 is about knowing what not to build.

2025 was about typing faster. 2026 is about knowing what not to build.

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AI writes the code. AI reviews the code. So who's actually on the hook when it breaks?

AI writes the code. AI reviews the code. So who's actually on the hook when it breaks?

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Junior developer jobs didn't disappear. The bar for them quietly moved, and nobody sent the memo.

Junior developer jobs didn't disappear. The bar for them quietly moved, and nobody sent the memo.

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"Pinned to a SHA" is a lie your coding agent told you. Here's the Git trick behind Plugin4Shell.

"Pinned to a SHA" is a lie your coding agent told you. Here's the Git trick behind Plugin4Shell.

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An AI Correctly Ignored a Forum Rumor. I Removed One Label and It Paid Out $150.

Kaggle Benchmarking Challenge Submission

An AI Correctly Ignored a Forum Rumor. I Removed One Label and It Paid Out $150.

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I Almost Built a Startup This Week. The Evidence Said No — In One Afternoon.

I Almost Built a Startup This Week. The Evidence Said No — In One Afternoon.

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10 Years In, Everything I Was Proud Of As a Junior Was Wrong

10 Years In, Everything I Was Proud Of As a Junior Was Wrong

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Your AI Agent Will Follow a Stranger's Instructions. Here's How I Actually Test For It.

Your AI Agent Will Follow a Stranger's Instructions. Here's How I Actually Test For It.

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The Hidden Bill: Where AI Agent Costs Actually Come From

The Hidden Bill: Where AI Agent Costs Actually Come From

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I tested 10 prompt-injection detectors on 629 real AI agent attacks

I tested 10 prompt-injection detectors on 629 real AI agent attacks

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Sanity's Knowledge Base stopped 6 of 7 poisoned pages. The 7th fooled Claude Opus 5.

Sanity Challenge Path One Submission

Sanity's Knowledge Base stopped 6 of 7 poisoned pages. The 7th fooled Claude Opus 5.

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AI agents can't tell who's giving the orders. So I built a tiny gate.

AI agents can't tell who's giving the orders. So I built a tiny gate.

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