Is Vibe Coding Breaking the Internet? with Tanya Janca
Show notes
What happens when AI writes all the code and nobody reads it? What if the security prompt you trusted still produced software designed to leak your secrets? And who exactly is on the hook when an AI-generated application takes down your company?
In this episode, Ron sits down with returning guest Tanya Janca, Secure Coding Trainer at SheHacksPurple Consulting, to dig into one of the most underestimated risks in software development today: vibe coding.
Tanya breaks down what vibe coding actually means, why AI trained on the internet's worst repositories is quietly baking the OWASP Top 10 into every app being built, and what her AI-powered secure coding prompt library can do to help. This is a candid, practical, and community-driven episode, the kind that'll make you want to audit your vibe code-a-thon project before it ever touches production.
Impactful Moments
00:00 - Introduction
01:40 - The Rewind: Margaret Hamilton and Apollo 11
05:00 - Knight Capital and the $460M software failure
07:00 - Guest introduction: Tanya Janca
08:15 - What vibe coding actually means in 2026
10:00 - Real story: Claude leaked secrets in a live training
11:30 - Securemyvibe.ca and Tanya’s secure coding prompt library
15:00 - OWASP Top 10 vs OWASP Top 10 for LLMs
22:45 - Tanya's petition for the world's first secure coding law
24:55 - Device flow authentication and reducing security friction
28:00 - What the internet would look like in five years without change
Links
Connect with our guest, Tanya Janca, on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tanya-janca
Get Tanya's free secure coding guideline: https://securecodingguideline.com
Subscribe to Tanya’s AI Secure Coding Prompt Library: https://securemyvibe.ca
Access Tanya's Newsletter & Free Monthly Training: https://newsletter.shehackspurple.ca
Connect with Tanya across all social channels: @shehackspurple
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