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AI-Generated Code: Anatomy of Security Vulnerabilities and the Cost

Mustafa ERBAY on July 24, 2026

A few weeks ago, while working on AI-generated code snippets we had added to our projects, we encountered an unexpected security vulnerability. Thi...
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Akhouri Anmol Kumar

Hi, Hope you're doing well. mustafa bro,
I know you're too busy but if you've time then please read this and tell if you have any idea about it.
I am reaching out to you directly because I am in a position where I have to rely entirely on my own capabilities to survive. I am 13 years old, and due to severe family issues and a complete absence of paternal support, I am entirely on my own. I have no parental guidance, no safety net, and zero financial backing. The environment I was given left me with no choice but to rely strictly on myself, and I have had to distance myself entirely from the person who should have been responsible for my care(my so called father). Right now, my survival and my future depend solely on my laptop, my internet connection, and my skills. I am not looking for handouts or charity. I have the dedication and the technical ability to work, build, and solve problems. I have already built the foundations of Akhouri Systems, including tools like ATLOCK, using completely open-source infrastructure from my personal device .My immediate challenge is turning these capabilities into steady income to cover my basic life needs and keep my projects alive. Because of my age, I face massive barriers with traditional payment systems like Stripe or PayPal—I only have a personal mobile SIM and a FamPay UPI account to receive funds.I am determined to make myself completely financially independent before I turn 18, because I know no one is coming to save me. I want to ask for your practical advice or mentorship on one specific goal: How can I effectively monetize my current software assets—like ATLOCK v4 Pro—and secure freelance development work using only my current setup to fulfill my immediate survival needs and grow Akhouri Systems further?Thank you for your time and for reading my story.

Akhouri Anmol Kumar
Founder, Akhouri Systems

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Mustafa ERBAY

Hi Anmol,

First of all, respect for building real projects at such a young age. Whether you’re 13 or 30, the best way to earn trust is to consistently ship working software.

My advice would be to focus less on selling features and more on solving one specific problem for one specific audience. A product with a clear use case is much easier to monetize than a product that tries to do everything.

Also, build your public credibility:

  • Keep your GitHub active.
  • Write technical articles explaining your design decisions.
  • Record short demos of your product.
  • Collect feedback from real users and improve based on that.

For freelancing, clients usually buy trust before they buy code. A small portfolio with documented projects and real testimonials will often outperform a long feature list.

And one more thing: don’t let AI write your roadmap. Use it to accelerate your work, but make sure the architecture, security, and product decisions remain yours.

Good luck with your journey, and keep building.

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Akhouri Anmol Kumar

Thanks mustafa bro, but the thing i am asking is mainly how can i do marketing?
and expand my reach.
also my all 4 apps are fulfilling a particular gap in the market
even the whole akhouri systems ideology is- "we build what others forgot to fix"
Can you tell a way of marketing? at 0 budget.
I asked same question before to the lazy girl and she gave a very great feedback of using dev.to primarily but now I want to expand my reach way bigger, way faster and also future goals is revenue because there are many things in which akhouri systems is lacking like domain, credibility license for all apps so that windows not flag it, hiring content creators for ads.
Hope you will tell any way if you know of solving this issue
and yeah, your advice is also right and I always keep my eyes active to see what user want. like you seen in fact ACALCU V3 is 40% built on your feedback.
if you don't have any solution for this issue no problem.

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Mustafa ERBAY

Hi Anmol,

If your budget is literally zero, don’t try to compete with companies that spend money on ads. Compete with them by sharing knowledge.

Here’s what I’d focus on:

  • Publish technical articles showing how you solved real problems, not just announcing releases.
  • Share short demo videos of your apps on LinkedIn, X, YouTube Shorts, and Reddit. People understand products much faster when they can see them.
  • Keep contributing to open source. Every useful contribution introduces your name to a new community.
  • Ask early users for honest feedback and testimonials. Social proof is one of the cheapest forms of marketing.
  • Build in public. Share progress consistently, including failures and lessons learned. People follow builders, not just products.

Most importantly, don’t chase millions of users. Find the first 100 people who genuinely have the problem your product solves. If they love it, they’ll become your best marketing channel.

One last piece of advice: avoid growing “way bigger, way faster” at the beginning. Sustainable growth built on trust is usually much stronger than rapid growth built on hype.

Good luck, and keep shipping.

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Akhouri Anmol Kumar

The best advise I can have... That's expected from mustafa bro. Thanks bro, so much. I will focus on sustainable growth now. But should I now focus on revenue? A little bit? Like just asking, please clear my last doubt for now.
Hope I am not disturbing you.

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Mustafa ERBAY

Yes, you should start thinking about revenue now — but not at the expense of trust, product quality, or your safety.

Don’t aim for a large income immediately. Aim for your first small, repeatable result:

  • one paying user,
  • one small freelance task,
  • one support or setup service,
  • or one paid customization for an existing app.

That first payment is valuable because it proves someone has a real problem and is willing to pay you to solve it.

You could also offer a free basic version and charge for services around it, such as installation, configuration, priority support, custom features, or business use. At your stage, services may generate revenue faster than trying to sell licenses to strangers.

Since you are under 18, please be careful with contracts, payments, private information, and people you meet online. Where possible, involve a trusted adult, teacher, relative, or local organization in financial and legal matters. Technical ability does not protect anyone from bad clients or scams.

So yes: focus on sustainable growth and revenue together. Just keep the goal small and concrete — earn the first honest dollar, learn why the customer paid, and then repeat it.

And no, you are not bothering me. Keep building, but don’t carry the entire future on your shoulders at once. One real step at a time.

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Seven

Useful breakdown. One attribute set I'd add early when AI code is in the path: record the resolved model id and base_url on every generation, not just "AI assisted".

Without those two, postmortems show "LLM wrote it" but not "which endpoint + which exact id last Tuesday" — which matters a lot when routing/failover/quantization can change behavior under the same alias.

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Mustafa ERBAY

That’s an excellent point.

I focused mainly on the security of the generated code itself, but AI provenance is becoming just as important. Capturing the resolved model ID, provider, base_url, prompt version, and generation timestamp creates an audit trail that’s invaluable during incident response and postmortems.

As AI becomes part of the software supply chain, traceability is no longer a nice-to-have—it’s a security requirement.

Thanks for adding this perspective.

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Kaizen79

Great article... Spot on. 👍️
AI code generators are fast and convenient, but they often inherit insecure patterns from their training data. The biggest takeaway is clear: always treat AI-generated code with caution and never skip human review. Good prompts that explicitly mention security requirements also help a lot.
AI is a powerful tool, but security responsibility still lies with us developers.
Thanks for sharing this.

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Mustafa ERBAY

Thank you! I really appreciate it.

AI is an incredible productivity tool, but I believe we have to treat its output with the same level of scrutiny as any third-party dependency. Speed is valuable only when it’s backed by security and reliability.

Thanks for reading!