The Psychotic Network Ferret3d ago

Some AI coder: "I" wrote this new thing that searches for hidden strings in files.

Most youngins: Oh wow, that is so useful, I wish I had this years ago!

Us greybeards: Congratulations, you reinvented grep.

This is absolutely a subtoot.

Show threadwebhat2d ago

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Ack

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Show threadThe Psychotic Network Ferret

@webhat not what I was subtooting about, but okay.

the target of my ire was some truly shitty python code:

https://simonwillison.net/2026/Apr/5/scan-for-secrets-3/

Release: scan-for-secrets 0.1

Scan for secrets in files you plan to share

Simon Willison’s Weblog
Apr 6 at 12:05amWeb