seeing new cool software pop up was so cool, now everytime i see it i’m like “it’s vibecoded slop isn’t it” and the worst part is you don’t even need to check because IT ALWAYS IS!!!
assume that every new software is llm-generated garbage, and don’t bother checking, because you’ll be right literally 99% of the time. it feels like programmers don’t exist anymore. those who were fine with ai became sloperators incapable of thinking for themselves, and those who weren’t left the field entirely. with very few exceptions.
You literally caught me in the process of leaving the field. I’m gonna take on the role of doing UI/UX optimizing in our applications in the future. At least if everything goes right. The whole advent of LLMs soured coding for me
But no i really just want to make gloves, because commercial ones are either actually unusably bad or they charge out the ass for mass-produced ones from china and imply it’s actually handmade domestically.
Plus by making my own i can make sure they contain as much wool as possible, because i enjoy having warm hands even in the rain, as weird as that apparently is.
i’ve been burned too many times by badly written slopware to afford to ignore it… 2 weeks ago all my handwritten notes for uni vanished from the app i was using on my tablet, for what felt like no reason, i look up the repo and lo and behold a bunch of deepseek commits. that app had a bunch of weird problems but this was the last i was willing to deal with.
i said fuck it and i’m using paper notebooks with pencils and highlighters now. at least that won’t turn to slop on me. i don’t trust software anymore. not when any previously trustworthy software will just turn to shit on you because the maintainers caught acute ai psychosis
What’s the problem, some developers loosing out on the intrinsic joy of creating a project on your own? I don’t think that assuming every project that comes out is made with ai will help fight against ai companies.
Watching a field that’s been a major part of me for the majority of my life being butchered and made a mockery of. It’s the same situation as what happened to artists but it’s harder to defend against because the AI generated codebases often do work at this point so people will ignore the AI.
The fact though is that code IS an art form to me and others that are in tech out of a genuine interest rather than the money. I used to enjoy reading through the code for interesting new projects but when its all AI generated there’s just no point anymore and it’s deeply, deeply depressing
There’s a million other reasons to avoid AI projects but thats the one that hits me the most
That’s dangerous. Things coded by AI tend to not be very secure. Also, they’re definitely going to get abandoned when AI is priced at more than what it costs to run it. (Right now, every AI company loses money when you use their product.)
seeing new cool software pop up was so cool, now everytime i see it i’m like “it’s vibecoded slop isn’t it” and the worst part is you don’t even need to check because IT ALWAYS IS!!!
assume that every new software is llm-generated garbage, and don’t bother checking, because you’ll be right literally 99% of the time. it feels like programmers don’t exist anymore. those who were fine with ai became sloperators incapable of thinking for themselves, and those who weren’t left the field entirely. with very few exceptions.
I’m an exception. I very very rarely use AI in any of my projects. I even made a policy banning it that I use in most of my projects:
https://sciactive.com/human-contribution-policy/
I love port87 BTW. Amazing stuff, it’s exactly what I’ve wanted from email for a LONG ass time. Your LLM policy was just the cherry on top.
Thank you so much! :D That’s so awesome to hear!
For anyone who doesn’t know, there’s a website that tracks projects that have a no ai use statement
Also there’s the Starlight Network’s NoAI List, the Open Slopware list by Ethical FOSS, the LLM-afflicted Software list by AI Alternatives, and the Brib’s Slopfree Software Index.
You literally caught me in the process of leaving the field. I’m gonna take on the role of doing UI/UX optimizing in our applications in the future. At least if everything goes right. The whole advent of LLMs soured coding for me
They don’t seem to want to hire us anymore either 😞
Nah, we’re still here. You just have to look for us.
Yeah, I’m more into my slow cooker than software these days.
i decided to learn crochet, and you know what it’s remarkably fucking similar in some ways
computing did arise from looms, so this is quite poetic
Please don’t make those blankets that are just a 20 kilo pile of knots that don’t keep anybody warm and you can’t throw out until your auntie dies.
But no i really just want to make gloves, because commercial ones are either actually unusably bad or they charge out the ass for mass-produced ones from china and imply it’s actually handmade domestically.
Plus by making my own i can make sure they contain as much wool as possible, because i enjoy having warm hands even in the rain, as weird as that apparently is.
I feel like that’s a ver pessimistic and anti human approach to life. I just don’t check and continue to be happy :3
i’ve been burned too many times by badly written slopware to afford to ignore it… 2 weeks ago all my handwritten notes for uni vanished from the app i was using on my tablet, for what felt like no reason, i look up the repo and lo and behold a bunch of deepseek commits. that app had a bunch of weird problems but this was the last i was willing to deal with.
i said fuck it and i’m using paper notebooks with pencils and highlighters now. at least that won’t turn to slop on me. i don’t trust software anymore. not when any previously trustworthy software will just turn to shit on you because the maintainers caught acute ai psychosis
It’s wise to record history when it is rapidly revised.
Although, there are still good programmers who will reject AI even if they have to die because of that.
There’s Starlight Network’s NoAI List, the Open Slopware list by Ethical FOSS, the LLM-afflicted Software list by AI Alternatives, the NoAIList.org website, and the Brib’s Slopfree Software Index.
I disagree, ignoring a problem will just make it worse in my opinion
What’s the problem, some developers loosing out on the intrinsic joy of creating a project on your own? I don’t think that assuming every project that comes out is made with ai will help fight against ai companies.
Watching a field that’s been a major part of me for the majority of my life being butchered and made a mockery of. It’s the same situation as what happened to artists but it’s harder to defend against because the AI generated codebases often do work at this point so people will ignore the AI.
The fact though is that code IS an art form to me and others that are in tech out of a genuine interest rather than the money. I used to enjoy reading through the code for interesting new projects but when its all AI generated there’s just no point anymore and it’s deeply, deeply depressing
There’s a million other reasons to avoid AI projects but thats the one that hits me the most
I meant the “don’t check and be happy” part
That’s dangerous. Things coded by AI tend to not be very secure. Also, they’re definitely going to get abandoned when AI is priced at more than what it costs to run it. (Right now, every AI company loses money when you use their product.)