The 89% Problem: How LLMs Are Resurrecting the "Dormant Majority" of Open Source
2026-03-08T08:52:06Z•6f59ded873ff6a4476c9c1794f477db2a13347efd0ab6ac34250d2bfc7aba889
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What happened
Collection of Snyk blog posts (Feb–Mar 2026) covering supply‑chain and AI security topics: how LLM-based coding assistants are reviving millions of abandoned open‑source packages (the “Dormant Majority”) and the resulting package‑health and supply‑chain risks; the emergence of the AI Security Engineer role to protect AI‑native systems; Snyk’s partnership with the Python 'uv' ecosystem for secure, high‑performance package management; technical write‑ups from the Fetch the Flag CTF 2026; and Snyk’s integration with Anthropic’s Claude Code Security to close the loop between AI‑driven discovery of
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