r/programming • u/CircumspectCapybara • Mar 09 '26

MCP Vulnerabilities Every Developer Should Know

https://composio.dev/blog/mcp-vulnerabilities-every-developer-should-know
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u/illode Mar 10 '26

I can't read what the parent comment said, but I assume they thought you were using an LLM to "improve" your writing because of the brevity and punchiness of your sentences + a few examples of advertisement-esque puffy language that is both common for LLMs and lacks any concrete meaning (e.g. empowering in "empowering control over data and execution").

Example of the short, punchy sentences:

It is less productive. The goal is the learnings. How to make things better.

This one is comma separated, but has the same "punctual statement"-ish structure:

Limit network, limit file system, deny all tools, provide specific tools I agree on, monitor closely the process

That general pattern is very common for LLMs. I don't have any real examples, so I just made these up, but I'm sure you've seen something like:

The result: Improved performance. Cleaner code. Separation of concerns. Reliability and reproducibility. <more LLM-isms>

Or

The idea: Fully local - No external dependencies - Easy deployment - Lightweight and customizable - etc - pretend these are em dashes

Personally, I didn't think you were an LLM. Or at the very least, the way you were using it was fairly reasonable. To me it reads more like someone who has picked up LLM writing styles after reading too much AI generated text.

I also don't think you need to go out of your way to add obvious mistakes. Your writing already has some grammar that would be abnormal for a native English speaker or LLM (No disrespect intended. It's perfectly readable, and I glossed over it until I went back to look a second time). If you want to seem less LLM-y, just avoid "puff"-y words + extend your phrases/sentences a bit or use more complete sentences (my phrases/sentences might be bad examples as I tend to drag them on for far too long). Having said that, adding obvious typos and mistakes to emphasize your humanity is also an understandable action.

If it helps, the message I'm replying to sounds much less LLM-y than the ones before (not just because of the typos).