GitHub Copilot: real stories

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• Plan the database and backend before building

  A non-developer made progress on a front end with Copilot about 10 months earlier, then got stuck on the database and backend, and is now rebuilding from scratch.

  GitHub CopilotLovableCursorNewReddit r/vibecoding · Mar 2026Source ↗

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• Patch Copilot in Visual Studio against code execution

  Johann Rehberger published details and demos of a Copilot remote-code-execution flaw in Visual Studio that Microsoft rates CVSS 8.8.

  GitHub CopilotVisual StudioNewSecurity incident · X · Oct 2026Source ↗

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• Check rules files for hidden instructions

  Pillar Security showed invisible Unicode in AI rules files could quietly instruct Copilot and Cursor to insert malicious code.

  GitHub CopilotCursorNewSecurity incident · Hacker News · Apr 2025Source ↗

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