I Built an AI-Powered Smart Contract Auditor Looking for Feedback from Developer

<p>Smart contract security is a billion-dollar problem. Hacks, exploits, and rug pulls cost the Web3 ecosystem hundreds of millions every year — and most of them stem from bugs

<h2> What I built </h2> <p>For Hacktoberfest 2026 Week 2's <strong>Side Hustle</strong> challenge, I built <a href="https://github.com/kushal-pandey/securelocal-ai" rel="noopener

<p>Hey everyone 👋</p> <p>Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been building a side project called <a href="//opsrift.com">Opsrift</a>.</p> <p>It started from a pretty simple

<p>Let's be real: the current AI coding workflow is tedious. </p> <p>You hit a bug. You copy your code. You tab out to ChatGPT/Claude. You paste it. You copy the fix. You paste it

<p><em>This is a submission for the <a href="https://dev.to/challenges/hacktoberfest-week2-2026-10-12">Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 2: Side Hustle</a></em></p> <h2>

<p>I'm a cybersecurity engineer — 7 years in, currently a Security Policy Analyst, previously an Application Security Architect. I started building a SaaS product on the side and

<h1> 5 Solidity Mistakes I Made While Learning Smart Contract Development </h1> <p>When I started learning Solidity, I thought smart contract development was mainly about learning

<h2> The state of AI code review in 2026 - an industry that grew up fast </h2> <p>Two years ago, AI code review was an experiment. A handful of early-stage startups were trying to