Troy Hunt's weekly update treats AI coding tools as unavoidable
Original title: Weekly Update 526: Building HIBP AI/SI First
The October 19 post is commentary on vibe coding and a Torvalds mailing-list remark, not a new HIBP incident.
Troy Hunt's Weekly Update 526, published October 19, argues that calling AI-assisted development "vibe coding" is no longer an effective insult and that competitive developers now use AI. He cites an October 17 remark attributed to Linus Torvalds on the Linux kernel mailing list rejecting rules against AI coding tools. The available text does not describe a Have I Been Pwned feature release, breach, or vulnerability.
Unconfirmed: Hunt presents the shift in attitudes toward AI coding as a personal feeling, not measured evidence.
- Hunt says he has no empirical evidence that the vibe-coding stigma has faded.
- The cited Torvalds comment is dated October 17, 2026.
- The post text cuts off before describing what Hunt's team is building.
- Organizations
- Have I Been Pwned
From the original article
1 min read at troyhunt.com
I have this sense that we've passed the point where "vibe coding" is a derogatory term. I have no empirical evidence for this; it's more a feeling that those weaponising the term have now accepted the inevitability and are just getting with the program.
troyhunt.com
A short excerpt; the article and its images belong to the publisher. Summary, key facts and assessment above are AI-written from the article and can be wrong.