AI will shorten update windows dramatically. 2026 is the worst year to be thinking about dependency cooldowns, we need to think about dependency warmups instead.
Soon, there will be no such thing as a safe way to disclose a vulnerability in an open source project. Centralized SaaS will have a major security advantage here.
You could have a web of trust where Linux-using organizations each spend $x continuously scanning and patching their own dependencies with AI, and sending each other patches and scans.
I have unlimited access to every single frontier model, I've tested all of them, they are not good at writing software.
They are basically slot machines, sometimes you win a little bit and sometimes you win a lot but usually you just burn a ton of time and money sitting and staring at a screen (and frying your brain).
Soon, there will be no such thing as a safe way to disclose a vulnerability in an open source project. Centralized SaaS will have a major security advantage here.