How Dam Secure Puts Guardrails on AI Generated Code

Vibe coding is here and most organisations are nowhere near ready for what it means for security. In this episode of Secured, Cole Cornford sits down with Patrick Collins and Simon Harloff, founders of Dam Secure, to unpack how AI is reshaping software development and why the old AppSec playbook is not keeping up. They cover the shift from artisanal to factory model engineering, why skills and agents.md files are less reliable than people think, and why the SaaSpocalypse narrative is mostly a distraction from the work that actually matters. Patrick and Simon also walk through how Dam Secure enforces organisational security rules at plan time, before a single line of AI generated code gets written. 00:00 Trailer 01:01 Chainguard ad 01:28 Meet Patrick Collins and Simon Harloff from Dam Secure 03:00 Why existing AppSec tooling never worked for developers 05:30 The artisanal vs factory model of software development 08:30 Hacker News, polarisation and the AI sentiment shift 11:00 Agile, standups and processes that no longer make sense 14:00 Bigger PRs, higher velocity and workflows without an IDE 17:00 Skills, agents.md and the limits of deterministic guardrails 20:00 The AppSec to developer ratio problem 23:00 The SaaSpocalypse and why rebuilding tools is a side quest 27:00 React, digital certificates and security through business incentives 30:00 How Dam Secure works: secure spec and plan time enforcement 34:00 Vibe coders, Lovable and the risk beyond professional developers 36:00 Where to find Dam Secure and closing remarks 🐙 Secured is grateful to be sponsored and supported by Chainguard. Chainguard is the trusted source for open source. Get hardened, secure, production-ready builds so your team can ship faster, stay compliant, and reduce risk. Download your free CVE Reduction Assessment at https://dayone.fm/chainguard