I Built a Linter That Catches the Security Bugs AI Assistants Keep Writing

I've been writing code with AI assistants for a while now. Copilot, Claude, ChatGPT — I've used them all. And for the most part, they're genuinely impressive. They save time. They help me think through problems. They write boilerplate I'd rather not write myself.

But here's the thing nobody talks about enough: AI-generated code has a specific category of bugs that normal linters don't catch.

Not syntax errors. Not style violations. I'm talking about security vulnerabilities, false-confidence patterns, and subtle logic issues that look completely correct — until they're not.

I got burned enough times that I built something about it. It's called hallint, and it's a free, open-source static analysis tool designed specifically for AI-generated code. You can find it on GitHub: github.com/Asyncinnovator/hallint

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