I find this article to be so refreshing. The whole "theater of security" circus around the over-blown interpretations of this term is nothing less than breathtaking in some of its applications. Though not about c, the saga of how the author of the actix web server (written in rust) was literally driven from his own project by virtual pitchfork-wielding issue reporters and redditors was a true disgrace. He dared to explore the optimization space in ways they did not approve of. Happy ending: he recovered his composure and created a new, competing project, named ntex, on his own terms.