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OTC CatchUp #278

Author: Ankush Kapoor

Date: 07-03-2026

Duration: 1 hr 10 mins

Topics Discussed

  • Discussion took place around the current engineering curriculum.

    • Differences between diploma students and regular engineering students were discussed, focusing on variations in curriculum exposure and practical experience.

  • Alpesh shared concerns around the use of AI in cybersecurity, particularly tools like Claude Code, and the potential impact on cybersecurity jobs.

    • He demonstrated how AI can now solve CTF challenges.

    • He shared his experiment of building a skill using the CTFd API that fetches challenges, solves them using AI, and automatically submits the answers.

    • This raised concerns about the credibility of CTF competitions if challenges can be solved automatically by AI.

  • The group discussed possible ways to mitigate AI-assisted cheating in CTF platforms.

    • One idea mentioned was the use of honeypot-style challenges to detect automated solvers.

  • The Git City, a recently popular project, was discussed as an example of a "vibe-coded" website.

Additional Resources

Attendees

  1. Alpesh Bhagwatkar

  2. Ankush Kapoor

  3. Bhavesh Kukreja

  4. Dheeraj Lalwani (Dhiru)

  5. Akhil Sahu

  6. Anuj Gupta

  7. Fardin Samir

  8. Krishna Gadia

  9. Rehan S.

  10. Saee Nalawade

  11. Uma Iyer

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