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Alex Wichmann

Gitleaks for Git: Catch Secrets Before You Commit

18 Apr 2026 - 3 min read - Alex Wichmann

Leaking secrets is one of those mistakes that escalates fast. One bad commit with an API key, and suddenly you’re rotating credentials, digging through logs, and hoping nothing was abused in the meantime. The frustrating part is that it’s almost

How Embeddings improves commit message generation in Critiq

17 Apr 2026 - 15 min read - Alex Wichmann

Most “AI commit message” tools follow a lazy pattern: take the entire git diff, dump it into a prompt, and hope the LLM figures it out. This works fine for small, focused changes. But when your diff spans 15 files with 200+