Why “fuzzer” is being discussed
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This is impressive but it again led me to questions. Porting the fuzzer from Go to Rust to validate Rust is a bit circular, isn’t it^^? Porting a fuzzer bug will hide the same c…
by coder-pm · Sep 2, 2026
Not sure about that. The nature of work changes if you have some[one|thing] that can work on it continuously forever. The goal of using AI shouldn't be to do the things a person…
by onion2k · Sep 1, 2026
You Are the Harness
by learningstud · Aug 31, 2026 · 6 points
But I am being very specific to this use case, where a division by zero bug was found. Why couldn't you have just grepped through the codebase, found all possible divisions and…
by written-beyond · Aug 28, 2026
I can't speak to the quality of the fuzzer since I haven't used it or looked at it thoroughly, but it does seem to cover a lot of ground on features and interesting concepts. I'…
by nixpulvis · Aug 28, 2026
Because the fuzzer was vibe coded and stolen by Claude! They only need the headline for celebrating another "AI victory" on Twitter, even though the issue was found in 2024 by O…
by 21wa · Aug 28, 2026
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In programming and software development, fuzzing or fuzz testing is an automated software testing technique that involves providing invalid, unexpected, or random data as inputs to a computer program. The program is then monitored for exceptions such as crashes, failing built-in code assertions, or potential memory leaks. Typically, fuzzers are used to test programs that take structured inputs. This structure is specified, such as in a file format or protocol and distinguishes valid from invalid input. An effective fuzzer generates semi-valid inputs that are "valid enough" in that they are not directly rejected by the parser, but do create unexpected behaviors deeper in the program and are "invalid enough" to expose corner cases that have not been properly dealt with. Read more on Wikipedia