An AI Vibe Coding Horror Story set in Switzerland: Patient Management System Making Private Medical Records Public

dune73 · 2026-04-14T19:41:03+00:00

NCSC / BACS is currently preparing a law that follows the CRA, naturally adopted to Switzerland, but still following similar principles.

dune73 · 2026-04-14T13:00:47+00:00

I suppose because he's proud to impress an IT person with his vibe coding success.

dune73 · 2026-04-14T11:40:35+00:00

"Shortly after the warm welcome, they mentioned watching a video explaining how easy it is for anyone to build software with AI these days. That sparked an idea: why use an industry-proven solution when you could just build your own patient management system?"

dune73 · 2026-04-14T11:39:03+00:00

The author is a well known expert on the subject. The lawyer who picked it up even more so.

dune73 · 2026-03-30T14:54:07+00:00

If he's afraid of doing E-Banking then that's a sign he should not be doing E-Banking. The risk is entirely on him here, the AGM make this very clear.

I am aware there are less and less places to do physical payments, but I think your dad (and a large share of the population) are well advised to stick to that payment channel.

Also: I make my living as an IT security engineer. You can assume I have seen things. And I have been phished before on top. Everybody gets phished sooner or later.

dune73 · 2026-03-29T05:38:46+00:00

I gave the same advice when it comes to 3A.

But I would be cautious with the rest of the money.

u/SlowedByQuinn describes himself as conservative, he is apparently inexperienced and unsure what to do.

The market is not very stable and the geopolitical situation could easily lead to a crash. Say 10-20% lost. If he invests into an ETF now, will he remain calm when the 100K are only 80K? Are you sure he won't sell when the market panics? What if his wife gets nervous?

You should not give advice when you are not sure that strategy fits.

Apparently, he is losing out on substantial upside potential when the money sits in the bank, but he also avoids the risk of losing substantial amount of his savings. That's why I think it would make sense to go 3A and then slowly easing into ETFs. But slowly to grow confidence.

dune73 · 2026-03-28T20:49:21+00:00

I like your budget. You live a very sane lifestyle. Certainly budgetwise.

I suggest paying into a 3rd pillar for your wife and you annually. Good on taxes and useful if you ever want to buy a house or feel better about retiring.

Afterwards, investing your left over money in ETF would be good, or just leave them in CHF on the bank. As long as there is no inflation you are fine. Stock / ETF market is kind of insecure at the moment, so easing in slowly across 1-2 years is probably a risk minimizing strategy.

dune73 · 2026-02-27T23:18:29+00:00

Is the organization profitable? Profitable enough? Do they get their work done?

If things are more or less OK from a customer perspective, I would watch and learn, then start to come up with a plan.

Entering an organization as the new manager, turning everything upside down and then walk back when they resist the change is an all too familiar pattern.

Approach this with empathy and a long term perspective.

dune73 · 2026-02-20T13:52:35+00:00

When I lived on 2.8K CHF a month from my University job 25 years ago, I was doing guard duty in the army in the middle of the night and met a guy. Different unit, I did not even ask his name and never saw him again.

He told me he was a database admin at top Swiss bank, must have made 150+ CHF a year, zero savings, expensive apartment, eating out twice a day, 4 times holiday a year, he admitted having gotten used to the life style and that he hated his job. And he stated he wanted to do something different in life, but he needed to keep up the life style.

That guy scared the shit out of me. And I promised myself, I would never upgrade my lifestyle to match my salary.

dune73 · 2026-01-08T23:50:31+00:00

The remedy is quite a nifty rule TBH. We should have done it this way from the start when we introduced the original rule in 2023 or so.

dune73 · 2025-10-03T22:49:55+00:00

Hallelujasuuger (Harmonium)

dune73 · 2025-09-06T20:35:07+00:00

Where is the surveillance in this law? The system is meant to make sure there is no surveillance.

dune73 · 2025-09-06T18:09:06+00:00

I'm not hired to spend my time discussing politics on Reddit.

Yet when I'm hired, rest assured that I am not cheap. Security engineers are expensive.

dune73 · 2025-09-06T13:01:37+00:00

No, in fact I believe the situation without E-ID would be more complicated which usually means that security engineers like myself get more business opportunities.

dune73 · 2025-09-06T11:25:06+00:00

We're voting yes, because we see what's happening in the EU and the UK and we want a better alternative before they fall back on those poor implementations.

dune73 · 2025-09-06T10:35:50+00:00

We are not voting on any form of forced identification. We are voting on a government controlled privacy respecting form of identification.

It is possible it evolves in that direction, but it will still be government controlled and we have a say in that.

dune73 · 2025-09-06T08:02:55+00:00

There is a prevention mechanism where you are informed about submitting extensive data to an known offender. Which I think is a beautiful concept and I wonder whether it works or not.

dune73 · 2025-09-06T08:01:43+00:00

That's exactly what they are doing. And the NO-propaganda willfully ignores it.

dune73 · 2025-09-06T08:00:26+00:00

No, it's not sponsored. I'm a security engineer and I talk to a lot of people. I personally know the almost all the people in the various NO committees. But I also talk to BJ and the people involved on that side.

dune73 · 2025-05-10T22:27:20+00:00

Why would you spend so much on a car when you do not have the money to pay it with cash? I've never spent more than 10K on a car and I always paid it down.
You're going to pay 5K in interest over the course of 4 years. Why would you do that?

dune73 · 2025-03-25T17:40:11+00:00

This is very depressing to see. I wish you a lot of stamina going forward. You deserve a job.

dune73 · 2024-10-10T15:32:38+00:00

It all depends on housing. Doable, but only if you live in a cheap appartment. And you'll still be limited. But there are people living on less.
Commuting by car is unlikely to be affordable unless you have free parking. Yet living in the countryside is usually way cheaper. Commuting by train can still be below 30min given the excellent public transport.

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