Episode 3: The trust gap

AI can generate code faster, but speed alone does not make software safe to ship. The central lesson of this episode is to close the trust gap with a reliable path from review to production.

Keep the guardrails in the delivery path. Review AI-assisted changes, check dependencies and secrets, and make CI/CD enforce the checks before deployment.

Put it into practice

  1. Review each pull request for correctness and unintended changes.
  2. Keep dependencies and credentials visible to security checks.
  3. Require passing build and security gates before deploying.

These steps address software supply-chain risk across the whole lifecycle. See thesecure supply chain lesson anddelivery pipeline for the details.