Before The Commit
🧠Before The Commit: What happens before code is written matters more than ever. Join engineers from SC2S, C2S, and secure DoD factories as they explore AI-powered dev, shifting threat surfaces, and real-world workflows. No hype, no hot takes — just honest, tactical insight for leaders who know that...
Recent Episodes
Episode 10: Claude Code Security Reviewer
Before the Commit – Episode 10 Summary (≈3,950 characters) Episode 10 of Before the Commit dives into three main themes: the AI investment bubble , Claude Code’s AI-powered security review tool , and AI security vulnerabiliti...
Episode 9: Open Source Models
In episode nine, hosts explore open source AI models and introduce the "KILLM chain" segment on LLM vulnerabilities. Co-host Dustin mentions an upcoming move, prompting an early recording. The discussion expands on last week'...
Episode 8: LLM Caching
In this episode, the hosts discuss the latest news and trends in AI, focusing on LLM caching, a new EU regulation on AI-generated code, the changing landscape for Stack Overflow, and a recent AI security vulnerability. The ho...
Episode 7: LiteLLM
Hosts Dustin Hillgartner and Danny Gershman discuss securing large language models (LLMs) amid rising "shadow AI" risks, where employees use unmonitored tools like ChatGPT, leading to unintentional data spills (e.g., sensitiv...
Episode 6: Model Context Protocol (MCP)
This episode discussion AI coding topics, starting with MCP ("Model Context Protocol"), an open-source framework by Anthropic for reflective APIs. MCP enables LLMs to self-discover and use external capabilities dynamically, b...
Episode 5: AWS Kiro
Before the Commit Episode 5 Summary Hosts Dustin Hillgartner and co-host discuss Amazon's Kiro (pronounced "Kira Code" or "Cairo Code"), AWS history, AI coding security, and news on AI browsers and emotional distress. AWS Ori...
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