The 89% Problem: How LLMs Are Resurrecting the "Dormant Majority" of Open Source

Collection of Snyk blog posts (Feb–Mar 2026) discussing security implications of AI/LLMs and open source supply chains: LLM-powered code suggestions are reviving abandoned packages (“Dormant Majority”), increasing supply-chain risk and underscoring the need for package-health intelligence and dependency hygiene; the emergence of the AI Security Engineer as a new specialist role to protect AI-native systems; Snyk’s partnership with the Python “uv” ecosystem to provide performance-oriented package management with built-in security; CTF write-ups highlighting modern web/AI/crypto exploits; and an