Building AI-Assisted Security Tools
This is Part 2 of “The Centaur’s Toolkit” series. In Part 1, we covered the four collaboration modes for AI pair programming. Now we apply that framework to higher-stakes territory: security. You’ve embraced AI pair programming. You’re using Strategist mode for architecture, Editor mode for refinement, and you feel like a genuine Centaur. Then your manager asks you to build a security tool. Suddenly, the stakes feel different. In regular coding, an AI-suggested bug might waste a few hours of debugging. In security, an AI-suggested bug might become a vulnerability that sits in production for months. The cost of being wrong isn’t just time. It’s trust, data, and potentially your users’ safety. ...
