Is Windsurf's SWE-1 Model a Game Changer? Let's See...

Snyk

May 26, 2025

In this episode of my ongoing series testing AI coding tools, I put Windsurf’s latest model, SWE-1, to the test. The challenge? Build a secure note-taking app from scratch. I’m looking at everything from how it handles authentication and encryption to whether the code is clean, usable, and actually secure.

If you're curious about how SWE-1 stacks up against other AI dev tools like GPT-4 or Claude, this video is for you.

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✍️ Resources ✍️

OWASP: https://owasp.org/
GitHub Repository: https://github.com/clarkio/ai-code-security
csrf-csrf npm package: https://snyk.io/advisor/npm-package/csrf-csrf

⏲️ Chapters ⏲️

00:00 - Windsurf Test

01:22 - Intro

01:31 - My Observations

05:58 - Outro

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