Know before your role does.
pssst. this is to sign up for updates on the game ;)
Will AI replace WAF Engineer jobs? · Latest report #ywab4ern
Your job has an expiration date
December 16, 2027
In 14 monthsEnjoy tweaking regex rules while bots bypass them in milliseconds.
Professional gatekeeper of the internet's messy front door
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One human is building a game about fighting back.
Total traffic visibility minus the human ego









glub.youAI▸ GUARDRAIL-AI V9▸ RARITY · COMMON▸ DEPRECATION IN 14 MONTHSAI's Special Power
filters malicious traffic at line speed
Writes custom rules to block malicious traffic and maintains security policies across firewalls and edge networks.
The one thing AI can't do
You can sense when a weird packet pattern is a real attack versus an idiot.
Your enemy, your name, your date. Post it.
Step by step, from the first quiet change to Deprecation Day.
Week 4
Sensors identify suspicious patterns before you even wake up.
Month 4
Adaptive models rewrite your regex scripts in real-time.
Month 8
An agent suggests blocks that you just click approve.
Month 12
We remove the approval button once trust passes 99 percent.
Month 14 · D-Day
The WAF engine manages the entire perimeter without your input.
What you cost, what the machine costs, and what you get on the way out.
Per year
Savings: 96.1%
too high
false positive rate
fourteen
manual rules per shift
constant
unnecessary sleep loss
Your severance
a pre-recorded thank you video and a mug
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