Clean Start, Clean Deps: Why Template Choice Affects Your Security Posture

Security tooling often suffers from a failure mode where empty findings lists are indistinguishable from clean results, potentially masking crashes or expired API keys. This issue led to the development of an application-security agent to address these ambiguities. Additionally, a project's security posture is heavily influenced by initial template choices. Early decisions regarding dependency sets, committed lockfiles, and declared Node versions are critical for ensuring that software remains reproducible, auditable, and maintainable throughout its lifecycle.