If it could have, why didn't it?

· Alex Gaynor · April 13, 2026, 9:53 p.m.
Summary
The post challenges the common belief that static analysis can identify all software vulnerabilities, highlighting the prevalence of other techniques that uncover bugs traditionally overlooked by static analysis. It criticizes the overconfidence in static analysis as a complete solution for vulnerability detection.
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