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This report summarizes scanner evidence for emmabostian/developer-portfolios, a Python project with 27,061 GitHub stars. SynthScan examined 13,850 lines of code across 22 source files, recording 75 pattern matches distributed across 9 syntactic categories. The legacy adjusted pattern signal is 9.3 (Moderate pattern signal); it is not an authorship estimate.
Use the findings to ask whether maintainers can explain intent, verify dependencies, simplify unnecessary scaffolding, and focus review effort. Risk Payload v1 adds ownership, supply-chain, over-engineering, and review-effort vectors when available. These are prompts for human verification, not probabilities, security findings, or measured maintenance costs.
Use each vector to guide manual verification of the underlying findings.
Can maintainers explain intent, assumptions, and trade-offs? 40 finding(s).
Are imports declared and package/API names verified? 1 finding(s).
Are wrappers, guards, and repeated structures necessary? 65 finding(s).
Which changes need focused human review? 75 finding(s).
This chart tracks the legacy adjusted pattern score across scan runs. Changes can reflect source changes, scan coverage, or detector/scoring versions; they do not measure AI adoption or prove that a team refactored code. Compare runs only when their scoring versions are compatible. The dashed line tracks the raw pattern-hit count.
Groups findings by configured severity weight. Severity is not a confidence estimate, security rating, or proof that a package is missing. Verify imports against the project's manifests and inspect each finding in its local design context.
This horizontal bar chart shows where configured pattern scores accumulate across directories. Treat the bars as locations to inspect, not as evidence of authorship or code quality. Use the file-level findings to decide whether a directory needs a focused ownership, dependency, complexity, or review check.
The scanner identified 75 distinct pattern matches across 9 syntactic categories. Each entry below represents a discrete location in the source code where the engine recorded a detector match to inspect in context. Expand any category row to inspect the individual file paths, line numbers, code snippets, and the lexical context (CODE, COMMENT, or STRING) in which each match was detected.
Reading the findings table: The Severity column indicates the configured finding weight (CRITICAL / HIGH / MEDIUM / LOW). The Context column identifies whether the match occurred inside executable code, an inline comment, or a string literal — legacy comment-context matches receive a ×1.5 score weight. The ⚡ bolt icon marks clustered matches: three or more patterns within a 10-line window, each receiving an additional ×1.5 density multiplier under the legacy scoring model.
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEDIUM⚡ | src/check_parking_redirects.py | 188 | # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM⚡ | src/check_parking_redirects.py | 190 | # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | src/check_parking_redirects.py | 29 | # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | src/check_parking_redirects.py | 31 | # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | src/check_parking_redirects.py | 69 | # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | src/check_parking_redirects.py | 71 | # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | src/check_parking_redirects.py | 116 | # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | src/check_parking_redirects.py | 118 | # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | src/check_parking_redirects.py | 215 | # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | src/check_parking_redirects.py | 217 | # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | src/check_parking_redirects.py | 255 | # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | src/check_parking_redirects.py | 257 | # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | src/check_parking_redirects.py | 280 | # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| MEDIUM | src/check_parking_redirects.py | 282 | # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW⚡ | tests/test_emoji_detection.py | 6 | def test_link_text_with_emoji(self): | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | tests/test_emoji_detection.py | 10 | def test_no_emoji_in_link_text(self): | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | tests/test_emoji_detection.py | 14 | def test_emoji_in_bracketed_description(self): | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | tests/test_emoji_detection.py | 18 | def test_emoji_in_parenthesized_description(self): | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | tests/test_emoji_detection.py | 22 | def test_zwj_sequence_detection(self): | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | tests/test_emoji_detection.py | 28 | def test_url_with_emoji_but_not_text(self): | CODE |
| LOW | tests/test_url_format.py | 20 | def test_nested_markdown_link(self): | CODE |
| LOW | tests/test_url_format.py | 42 | def test_detects_missing_slashes(self): | CODE |
| LOW | tests/test_url_format.py | 47 | def test_detects_nested_markdown_link(self): | CODE |
| LOW | tests/test_url_format.py | 60 | def test_ignores_non_entry_lines(self): | CODE |
| LOW | tests/test_url_format.py | 64 | def test_readme_has_no_malformed_urls(self): | CODE |
| LOW | tests/test_main_e2e.py | 8 | def test_main_trims_and_writes_backup(self): | CODE |
| LOW | tests/test_fullstack_variants.py | 8 | def test_bracket_variants_normalized(self): | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | tests/test_remove_emoji.py | 6 | def test_remove_from_link_text(self): | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | tests/test_remove_emoji.py | 13 | def test_remove_from_bracket_desc(self): | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | tests/test_remove_emoji.py | 20 | def test_remove_from_paren_desc(self): | CODE |
| LOW | tests/test_feed_json.py | 16 | def test_extract_portfolio_data(): | CODE |
| LOW | tests/test_alphabetical.py | 6 | def test_trim_and_remove_duplicate(self): | CODE |
| LOW | tests/test_alphabetical.py | 36 | def test_non_markdown_ignored(self): | CODE |
| LOW | tests/test_alphabetical.py | 48 | def test_multiple_adjacent_duplicates(self): | CODE |
| LOW | tests/test_alphabetical.py | 59 | def test_remove_leading_single_letter_token(self): | CODE |
| LOW | tests/test_alphabetical.py | 70 | def test_strip_aaa_prefix_token(self): | CODE |
| LOW | tests/test_alphabetical.py | 90 | def test_validate_section_placement_single_misplaced(self): | CODE |
| LOW | tests/test_alphabetical.py | 118 | def test_validate_section_placement_multiple_misplaced(self): | CODE |
| LOW | tests/test_alphabetical.py | 135 | def test_validate_section_placement_accented_characters(self): | CODE |
| LOW | tests/test_alphabetical.py | 151 | def test_validate_section_placement_no_misplaced(self): | CODE |
| LOW | tests/test_alphabetical.py | 166 | def test_validate_section_placement_creates_new_section(self): | CODE |
| LOW | src/alphabetical.py | 90 | def validate_section_placement(lines): | CODE |
| LOW | src/alphabetical.py | 225 | def sort_lists_alphabetically(lines): | CODE |
| LOW | src/alphabetical.py | 507 | def remove_exact_duplicate_links(lines): | CODE |
| LOW | src/check_parking_redirects.py | 202 | def parse_lychee_flagged_urls(lychee_path: str) -> set: | CODE |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | tests/test_feed_json.py | 99 | except Exception as e: | CODE |
| LOW | tests/test_feed_json.py | 109 | except Exception as e: | CODE |
| MEDIUM⚡ | src/generate_feed.py | 67 | print(f"Error: {readme_path} not found.") | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | src/generate_feed.py | 69 | except Exception as e: | CODE |
| MEDIUM⚡ | src/generate_feed.py | 70 | print(f"Error creating feed.json: {e}") | CODE |
| LOW | src/alphabetical.py | 157 | except Exception: | CODE |
| LOW | src/alphabetical.py | 279 | except Exception: | CODE |
| LOW | src/alphabetical.py | 661 | except Exception as e: | CODE |
| MEDIUM | src/alphabetical.py | 662 | print(f"Error creating feed.json: {e}") | CODE |
| LOW | src/alphabetical.py | 675 | except Exception: | CODE |
| LOW⚡ | src/check_parking_redirects.py | 181 | except Exception: | CODE |
| LOW | src/check_parking_redirects.py | 84 | except Exception: | CODE |
| LOW | src/check_parking_redirects.py | 159 | except Exception as e: | CODE |
| LOW | src/check_parking_redirects.py | 240 | except Exception as e: | CODE |
| LOW | src/run_tests.py | 24 | except Exception as e: | CODE |
| MEDIUM | src/run_tests.py | 25 | print(f"Error discovering tests in {args.dir}: {e}") | CODE |
| LOW | src/remove_emoji_in_readme.py | 20 | except Exception: | CODE |
| LOW | src/remove_emoji_in_readme.py | 23 | except Exception: | CODE |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIGH | src/alphabetical.py | 675 | except Exception: | CODE |
| HIGH | src/check_parking_redirects.py | 181 | except Exception: | CODE |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | src/alphabetical.py | 90 | CODE | |
| LOW | src/alphabetical.py | 225 | CODE | |
| LOW | src/alphabetical.py | 507 | CODE | |
| LOW | src/check_parking_redirects.py | 219 | CODE | |
| LOW | src/run_dup_report.py | 13 | CODE |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEDIUM | src/alphabetical.py | 12 | # Use a robust split that treats common whitespace (including NBSP) as separators | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | src/alphabetical.py | 42 | # Check if the word has uppercase letters after the first character (e.g. DevOps, GenAI) | COMMENT |
| LOW | src/alphabetical.py | 165 | # Check if in correct section | COMMENT |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEDIUM | README.md | 1180 | - [Marco Bellingeri](https://marcobellingeri.dev) [Cloud Platform & AI Security Engineer | RAG & agentic AI | OWASP LLM | CODE |
| Severity | File | Line | Snippet | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LOW | feed.json | 4134 | "name": "John Doe", | CODE |