A long-lived access key left exposed on an open laptop in a dark ops room

Don't paste your GitHub key in chat

Companion to The last click is still yours and the agent production system series. Words I use below Agent. A program that writes code for you in a chat session. Pull request. A proposed change waiting for review. On GitHub it has its own page, with a button to accept it. Merge. Accepting that proposed change so it becomes part of the main project. Personal login. You, signed in as yourself. When you type commands, GitHub sees your name. ...

August 18, 2026 Â· Dave Voyles