The cloud moves fast. Compliance processes need to keep up. Manual annual reviews aren't enough when your infrastructure is changing constantly.
This is also why we built automated compliance monitoring - because what worked last quarter might not work today.
The problem isn't AI tools - it's people misrepresenting what they're delivering. Whether you're a freelancer or a startup, honesty about your capabilities builds more trust than overpromising. Quality work is quality work, regardless of the tools used to create it.
Your code, your compliance data, your business processes - these shouldn't have to live in someone else's cloud by default. Sometimes local processing isn't just about privacy, it's about performance and reliability. The big platforms want you dependent on their infrastructure. Tools that work offline and keep your data local give you actual control.
Props to the Zedless team for prioritizing user agency over SaaS revenue models.
It's also a reminder that even sophisticated nation-state actors make operational security mistakes. No one is invulnerable if you're persistent and careful enough.