Project Glasswing and open source: The good, bad, and ugly

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The piece surveys Project Glasswing in the broader context of open source, weighing benefits and risks for developers and communities. It calls out recent security incidents such as the TeamPCP Shai-Hulud worm and a heavy Patch Tuesday with many Microsoft CVEs. The article highlights structural issues in open-source ecosystems, like registries lacking funds to implement basic security, and touches on AI-related developments that affect software development and operations. It also references desktop and Linux ecosystem debates (GNOME, X.org, Ubuntu) and practical developer use-cases for AI assistants.

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