From eb40a43b890ece99bc89bc7c238658731823b3e0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: jessebot Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2026 17:55:57 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 1/8] stolen training data - written by a friend --- README.md | 10 +++++++++- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 4926e05..7d4f8a2 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -224,11 +224,19 @@ This is for both social media websites and apps. Could use some help writing this with concrete receipts on environmental, social, political, and economic/labor harms. +### Stolen Training Data + +AI companies use data from across the web for training their models, most often without the website owners' and users' consent. Big tech companies like Google and Meta are scraping data from the users of major FOSS projects, such as Mastodon, WordPress, and other AcitivityPub-powered and self-hosted software. + +* In 2023, [the Washington Post published a list of sources in Google's C4 data set](https://archive.ph/eehKq). A multitude of fediverse instances and personal sites were included. The fediverse is known for its userbase being major proponents of privacy and opt-in consent, making this especially jarring for those who have chosen to use decentralized social media for control over their data. +* In 2025, [a similar leak of Meta's sources was published](https://archive.ph/NZlf3). Meta's list demonstrates how their integration of ActivityPub into their Threads software has enhanced their ability to mine content without authorization. Threads is widely blocked in some parts of the fediverse, but their scraping of server CDNs has allowed them to get around that. Notably, both the CDN domains of the managed hosting services masto.host and fedi.monster are included in the list; large servers like mastodon.art, which is hosted by the former and has many artists who've left sites like DeviantArt and others due to their AI scraping of user content, had [media unknowingly scraped](https://mastodon.art/@Curator/115022115346692178). + +FOSS projects listed in this repo are using tooling that blatantly disregards licensing and violates even the most basic of Code of Conducts, making said tools antithetical to FOSS' purpose. + ### Legal Ramifications 1. LLMs are often trained on, and thus prone to, regurgitate either completely, or in-part, chunks of code that are licensed under terms which have specific legal requirements that a sloperator may not understand or even be aware of when making a contribution. Regardless of this ignorance, it falls to the repo's owner to comply with the terms of any and all licensed code integrated into their project. - See also: [lawsuits against AI companies](https://chatgptiseatingtheworld.com/2025/11/02/tracker-of-tort-lawsuits-v-ai-companies/) ### Environmental Impact From c35dc36efd987dfcf3e74636e7d262704f4f4a3f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: jessebot Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2026 17:57:17 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 2/8] adding TOC link for stolen training data --- README.md | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 7d4f8a2..93bee16 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ To Contribute, checkout our [`CONTRIBUTING.md`](./CONTRIBUTING.md). * [System Services and Daemons](#system-services-and-daemons) * [Operating Systems](#operating-systems) * [Why not LLMs?](#why-not-llms) + * [Stolen Training Data](#stolen-training-data) * [Legal Ramifications](#legal-ramifications) * [Environmental Impact](#environmental-impact) * [Poor Code Quality](#poor-code-quality) From e058be39b6b957970dd2e5b26e40720902cca020 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: jessebot Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2026 18:38:09 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 3/8] fix stolen training data section to be nested properly and update headings a bit to make it more readable since we have so many sections now --- README.md | 24 ++++++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 93bee16..049af41 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ To Contribute, checkout our [`CONTRIBUTING.md`](./CONTRIBUTING.md). > [!Note] > This is a fork of a repo by the same name maintained by the @gen-ai-transparency org on Codeberg. If they make their repo available again, we will contribute back. -* [Definitions](#definitions) + * [Definitions](#definitions) * [Tainted Software](#tainted-software) * [Browsers](#browsers) * [Command-Line Shells](#command-line-shells) @@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ To Contribute, checkout our [`CONTRIBUTING.md`](./CONTRIBUTING.md). * [System Services and Daemons](#system-services-and-daemons) * [Operating Systems](#operating-systems) * [Why not LLMs?](#why-not-llms) - * [Stolen Training Data](#stolen-training-data) * [Legal Ramifications](#legal-ramifications) + * [Stolen Training Data](#stolen-training-data) * [Environmental Impact](#environmental-impact) * [Poor Code Quality](#poor-code-quality) * [Healthy and Safety](#healthy-and-safety) @@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ To Contribute, checkout our [`CONTRIBUTING.md`](./CONTRIBUTING.md). | sloperator | A person who uses AI prompts to generate anything, typically code or images. | | slopshop | Company, Organization, or Group of sloperators working together to use AI to generate content. | -## Tainted Software +# Tainted Software ### Browsers @@ -221,10 +221,14 @@ This is for both social media websites and apps. |---|---|---| | [Linux Kernel](https://kernel.org/) | BSD? Honestly this one's tough | [Maintainers are explicitly trying out the technology and considering LLM-based reviews](https://lwn.net/Articles/1041694/) | -## Why not LLMs? +# Why not LLMs? Could use some help writing this with concrete receipts on environmental, social, political, and economic/labor harms. +## Legal Ramifications + +LLMs are often trained on, and thus prone to, regurgitate either completely, or in-part, chunks of code that are licensed under terms which have specific legal requirements that a sloperator may not understand or even be aware of when making a contribution. Regardless of this ignorance, it falls to the repo's owner to comply with the terms of any and all licensed code integrated into their project. + ### Stolen Training Data AI companies use data from across the web for training their models, most often without the website owners' and users' consent. Big tech companies like Google and Meta are scraping data from the users of major FOSS projects, such as Mastodon, WordPress, and other AcitivityPub-powered and self-hosted software. @@ -234,21 +238,17 @@ AI companies use data from across the web for training their models, most often FOSS projects listed in this repo are using tooling that blatantly disregards licensing and violates even the most basic of Code of Conducts, making said tools antithetical to FOSS' purpose. -### Legal Ramifications - -1. LLMs are often trained on, and thus prone to, regurgitate either completely, or in-part, chunks of code that are licensed under terms which have specific legal requirements that a sloperator may not understand or even be aware of when making a contribution. Regardless of this ignorance, it falls to the repo's owner to comply with the terms of any and all licensed code integrated into their project. - See also: [lawsuits against AI companies](https://chatgptiseatingtheworld.com/2025/11/02/tracker-of-tort-lawsuits-v-ai-companies/) -### Environmental Impact +## Environmental Impact To start learning a bit more, you can checkout the wikipedia page on [Environmental impact of artificial intelligence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_impact_of_artificial_intelligence#Individual_level). We're very open to people contributing other explanations, links, and resources to learn more about this. -### Poor Code Quality +## Poor Code Quality Vibe coding results in poorer code quality and is compounded by having addition LLMs do the reviews of both bugs and pull requests in repos. -#### Healthy and Safety +### Healthy and Safety There's been a number of high profile incidents that have resulted in endangerment or death. Here's some examples: @@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ There's been a number of high profile incidents that have resulted in endangerme -#### Maintainer Fatigue +### Maintainer Fatigue Having to deal with the onslaught of many LLM written pull requests and issues, causes real maintainer burnout that stagnates projects as maintainers become overwhelmed with half baked, poorly written, insecure code. Here's some examples: From e24a7b42a8e38052021217d2aa761bfc8d594782 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: jessebot Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2026 18:40:40 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 4/8] fix headings more --- README.md | 50 +++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------- 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 049af41..04ae157 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -57,35 +57,35 @@ To Contribute, checkout our [`CONTRIBUTING.md`](./CONTRIBUTING.md). # Tainted Software -### Browsers +## Browsers | Name | Alternatives | Evidence | Notes | |---------|----------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------| | Firefox | [LibreWolf](https://librewolf.net/), several other forks | [Blog post collecting details](https://alextheward.com/blog/mozilla_is_now_an_ai_company/) | -### Command-Line Shells +## Command-Line Shells | Name | Alternative(s) | Evidence | Notes | |---|---|---|---| | [`nushell`](https://www.nushell.sh/) | [`elvish` shell](https://elv.sh), [`fish` shell](https://fishshell.com/) | [Integrated MCP server](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/tree/main/crates/nu-mcp), [core developer sets Claude as a co-author](https://github.com/nushell/nushell/commit/21a54d47a00f09e3710e08ee7624e7b4332dcb27) | | [`yash`](https://magicant.github.io/yash/) | `dash` shell, but there are no other major shells fully targeting POSIX | [Assigns and auto-reviews MRs with LLMs](https://github.com/magicant/yash/pull/217#issue-3699124790) | -### Computer Graphics +## Computer Graphics -#### Photography +### Photography | Name | Alternative(s) | Evidence | |---|---|---| | [RapidRAW](https://github.com/CyberTimon/RapidRAW/) | | From the README: "with the support from Google Gemini." Roadmap includes adding GenAI. | | [RawTherapee](https://github.com/RawTherapee/RawTherapee/) | Stick to version 5.12 | Use Copilot for review [PR7518](https://github.com/RawTherapee/RawTherapee/pull/7518#pullrequestreview-3348449593), [PR 7435](https://github.com/RawTherapee/RawTherapee/pull/7435#pullrequestreview-3059697445), [PR 7378](https://github.com/RawTherapee/RawTherapee/pull/7378#pullrequestreview-2969042638) and code changes [commit c4b0400](https://github.com/RawTherapee/RawTherapee/commit/c4b04007107a426dd7011002e8085aa6f398ab60) | -### Terminal Emulators +## Terminal Emulators | Name | Alternative(s) | Evidence | Notes | |----------------|----------------|----------|-------| | none here yet! | n/a | n/a | n/a | -### Developer Tools +## Developer Tools | Name | Alternative(s) | Evidence | |---|---|---| @@ -97,48 +97,48 @@ To Contribute, checkout our [`CONTRIBUTING.md`](./CONTRIBUTING.md). | [`ohmyzsh`](https://github.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh) | [Starship] | [Added Claude and Grok as search engines](https://github.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/pull/13222) | | [Taskfile](https://taskfile.dev) | | [Uses Copilot for PRs](https://github.com/go-task/task/pull/2592) | -### Programming Languages +## Programming Languages | Name | Alternative(s) | Evidence | Notes | |---|---|---|---| | [`.NET`](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/) | See below | [`.NET Runtime` PRs](https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/pulls?q=author%3A%40copilot+is%3Amerged), [`.NET SDK` PRs](https://github.com/dotnet/sdk/pulls?q=author%3A%40copilot+is%3Amerged) | | [Julia](https://julialang.org/) | Python (w/ appropriate scientific libraries) | [`AGENTS.md` in main repository](https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/pull/58561), [PRs "written by Claude"](https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/pulls?q=is%3Apr+written+by+Claude) | | -#### Note on alternative languages +### Note on alternative languages Suggestions for alternative programming languages are necessarily more complex than many other categories considered here, as that's one of the core technical choices to be made when starting a new software development project. Depending on your needs and technical concerns, you may find any number of different alternative languages useful. For example, when considering alternatives to .NET, Java or Scala may be interesting candidates from the perspective of being similar VM-based frameworks, while Python or Rust may be interesting alternatives in other ways. -### Editors +## Editors | Name | Alternative(s) | Evidence | Notes | |---|---|---|---| | [Zed](https://zed.dev) | [Lapce](https://lap.dev/lapce/), other popular editors like neovim, emacs, etc | They prominently advertise genAI features as a core part of their product. See their website. | There's a killswitch to disable genAI features entirely, but it's likely the code itself is still heavily LLM-authored. | | [VS Code](https://code.visualstudio.com/) | [VS Codium](https://vscodium.com/)* removes the AI _features_ from VS Code | [It's literally their main advertising tagline](./img/vscode.png), and they publicly use LLMs in [their public repository](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/pulls). Most AI "features" are enabled by default, and some cannot be disabled. | *VS Codium is still written with LLMs since Microsoft owns it | -### Accessibility Tools +## Accessibility Tools | Name | Alternative(s) | Evidence | Notes | |---|---|---|---| | [espeak-ng](https://github.com/espeak-ng/espeak-ng) | [flite](http://cmuflite.org/) | [Dev uses copilot for review](https://github.com/espeak-ng/espeak-ng/pull/2328#pullrequestreview-3559773058) and [is setting up copilot instructions](https://github.com/espeak-ng/espeak-ng/pull/2302) | espeak still exists, but is heavily outdated and very bad from a modern standpoint, so it cannot be considered as an alternative. `flite` users may also wish to install `speech-dispatcher-flite`. | -### Microcontroller Tools and Libraries +## Microcontroller Tools and Libraries | Name | Alternative(s) | Evidence | Notes | |---|---|---|---| | [FastLED](https://fastled.io/) | | [`.claude` and `.cursor` folders in main repository](https://github.com/FastLED/FastLED/commit/d0d3627eded2e83f52a16763950de94e70c35c4e) | -### Service Monitoring +## Service Monitoring | Name | Alternative(s) | Evidence | |---|---|---| | [Uptime Kuma](https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma) | [Gatus](https://github.com/TwiN/gatus) | [Dev uses copilot for review](https://github.com/louislam/uptime-kuma/pull/6645) | -### Libraries +## Libraries -#### Rust +### Rust | Name | Alternative(s) | Evidence | Notes | |---|---|---|---| @@ -148,19 +148,19 @@ Depending on your needs and technical concerns, you may find any number of diffe Also, there is an advistory database of Rust slopware crates, which you can use in tools like [cargo-deny](https://embarkstudios.github.io/cargo-deny): . -#### CSS +### CSS | Name | Alternative(s) | Evidence | Notes | |---|---|---|---| | [`tailwindcss`](https://github.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss) | [`twind`](https://github.com/tw-in-js/twind) | [Sponsorship page states explicitly that the founder uses AI to write code and even sells access to his "Cursor/Claude/AGENTS.md rules"](https://tailwindcss.com/sponsor) | | -### Game Engines +## Game Engines | Name | Alternative(s) | Evidence | |---|---|---| | [UPBGE 0.5](https://upbge.org) | UPBGE 0.36.1 seems to be slop-free, [Godot](https://github.com/godotengine/godot) | [0.5 release notes state the use of AI in plain language](https://github.com/UPBGE/upbge/wiki/Release-notes-version-0.50#b-implementation-technique-and-limitations) | -### Services and Utilities +## Services and Utilities | Name | Alternative(s) | Evidence | |---|---|---| @@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ Also, there is an advistory database of Rust slopware crates, which you can use | [Wagtail CMS](https://wagtail.org/) | [WriteFreely] | Include [AGENTS.md](https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/blob/main/AGENTS.md); [Wagtail AI](https://wagtail.org/wagtail-ai/) | | [WordPress](https://wordpress.org) | [WriteFreely] | Include [AGENTS.md](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/blob/trunk/AGENTS.md); has [Copilot PRs](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/74449) | -#### File Storage +### File Storage | Name | Alternative(s) | Evidence | |---|---|---| @@ -177,14 +177,14 @@ Also, there is an advistory database of Rust slopware crates, which you can use | [Nextcloud](https://nextcloud.com/) | [seafile](https://github.com/haiwen/seafile) for file storage and syncing only (not a complete worksuite replacement) | [✨ Nextcloud Assistant](https://nextcloud.com/assistant/) (can be disabled)
Nextcloud Desktop has [AGENTS.md](https://github.com/nextcloud/desktop/blob/master/AGENTS.md) | | [SeaweedFS](https://seaweedfs.com/) | [Garage] for S3 api + [JuiceFS](https://juicefs.com/en/) for the NFS mounts and K8s CSI driver
[Rook/Ceph](https://rook.io/) | Using [Gemini and coderabbitai in PRs](https://github.com/seaweedfs/seaweedfs/pull/7996). | -#### Password Management +### Password Management | Name | Alternative(s) | Evidence | |---|---|---| | [Bitwarden](https://bitwarden.com/) | [vaultwarden] | Include [CLAUDE.md](https://github.com/bitwarden/server/blob/main/.claude/CLAUDE.md) | | [KeepassXC](https://keepassxc.org/) | Use official [KeePass 2](https://keepass.info/download.html). It is a .NET application, but [Mono](https://keepass.info/help/v2/setup.html#mono) or [Wine](https://keepass.info/help/v2/setup.html#wine) can be used for Linux, MacOS, BSD, ...
[KeePassXC 2.7.9](https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/releases/tag/2.7.9) was released before the statement, and was awarded 3 year security Visa by the French National Cybersecurity Agency ([ANSSI](https://cyber.gouv.fr/)) for a First-level Security Certification (CSPN), valid in France and Germany, under report No. ANSSI-CSPN-2025/16 ([archive.org](https://web.archive.org/web/20251128131437/https://cyber.gouv.fr/produits-certifies/keepassxc-version-279), [certificate](https://messervices.cyber.gouv.fr/visas/ANSSI-CSPN-2025-16-certificat.pdf)). | Explicitly stated in [official blog post](https://keepassxc.org/blog/2025-11-09-about-keepassxcs-code-quality-control/).
Use Copilot to generate PRs: [Example 1](https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/pull/12588), [Example 2](https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/pull/12314), [Example 3](https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/pull/12199). | -#### Social Media +### Social Media This is for both social media websites and apps. @@ -193,29 +193,29 @@ This is for both social media websites and apps. | [Bluesky](https://bsky.app) | [Mastodon](https://joinmastodon.org/), [GoToSocial](https://codeberg.org/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial) | [CTO discusses using Claude in development](https://bsky.app/profile/pfrazee.com/post/3luyb3jcbv52d) | | [IceCubesApp for iOS](https://github.com/Dimillian/IceCubesApp) | [Feditext](https://github.com/feditext/feditext), an iOS fediverse app in beta | Project uses [Claude](https://github.com/Dimillian/IceCubesApp/blob/main/CLAUDE.md) | -#### Messaging +### Messaging | Name | Alternative(s) | Evidence | |---|---|---| | [Telegram](https://telegram.org) | | [`.cursor` folder in repository](https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop/commit/983bd1a57bfd9a88bb0e17b51103c5e6cf1e3f24) | -#### Budgeting +### Budgeting | Name | Alternative(s) | Evidence | |---|---|---| | [Actual](https://actualbudget.org/) | | Include [AGENTS.md](https://github.com/actualbudget/actual/blob/master/AGENTS.md); [Used Open Collective funds for Cursor subscription](https://opencollective.com/actual/expenses/277324) | | [Firefly III](https://firefly-iii.org) | | Include [agents.md](https://github.com/firefly-iii/firefly-iii/blob/main/agents.md) | -#### VPN Software +### VPN Software | Name | Alternative(s) | Evidence | |---|---|---| | [Headscale](https://github.com/juanfont/headscale) | netbird, nebula | [AGENTS.md](https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/blob/main/AGENTS.md) and [.claude/agents](https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/tree/main/.claude/agents) added to repo, commits/PRs include "assisted by claude" notes ([example](https://github.com/juanfont/headscale/pull/3050), there are plenty more) | -### System Services and Daemons +## System Services and Daemons | Name | Alternative(s) | Evidence | |---|---|---| | [rsyslog](https://www.rsyslog.com/) | [syslog-ng](https://www.syslog-ng.com/products/open-source-log-management/) | Explicitly stated in the [documentation](https://www.rsyslog.com/doc/about/ai_first.html) | -### Operating Systems +## Operating Systems | Name | Alternative(s) | Evidence | |---|---|---| From 2626de583ed22928e3b668755eb6534a645a87be Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: jessebot Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2026 18:46:13 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 5/8] add some more evidence of lawsuits --- README.md | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 04ae157..a7dde7e 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -238,7 +238,11 @@ AI companies use data from across the web for training their models, most often FOSS projects listed in this repo are using tooling that blatantly disregards licensing and violates even the most basic of Code of Conducts, making said tools antithetical to FOSS' purpose. -See also: [lawsuits against AI companies](https://chatgptiseatingtheworld.com/2025/11/02/tracker-of-tort-lawsuits-v-ai-companies/) +See also: + +- [copilot litigations](https://githubcopilotlitigation.com/), [IEEE article explaining how we go here](https://spectrum.ieee.org/ai-code-generation-ownership) +- [broader lawsuits against AI companies tracker ](https://chatgptiseatingtheworld.com/2025/11/02/tracker-of-tort-lawsuits-v-ai-companies/) + ## Environmental Impact From 0e1ae0b3c1db573f14db1a015c33128636b34e1a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: cloudymax Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2026 20:38:49 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 6/8] rebase on main --- README.md | 16 ++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index a7dde7e..deccd5b 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -104,11 +104,11 @@ To Contribute, checkout our [`CONTRIBUTING.md`](./CONTRIBUTING.md). | [`.NET`](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/) | See below | [`.NET Runtime` PRs](https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/pulls?q=author%3A%40copilot+is%3Amerged), [`.NET SDK` PRs](https://github.com/dotnet/sdk/pulls?q=author%3A%40copilot+is%3Amerged) | | [Julia](https://julialang.org/) | Python (w/ appropriate scientific libraries) | [`AGENTS.md` in main repository](https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/pull/58561), [PRs "written by Claude"](https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/pulls?q=is%3Apr+written+by+Claude) | | -### Note on alternative languages - -Suggestions for alternative programming languages are necessarily more complex than many other categories considered here, as that's one of the core technical choices to be made when starting a new software development project. - -Depending on your needs and technical concerns, you may find any number of different alternative languages useful. For example, when considering alternatives to .NET, Java or Scala may be interesting candidates from the perspective of being similar VM-based frameworks, while Python or Rust may be interesting alternatives in other ways. +> [!Note] +> ### On alternative languages: +> Suggestions for alternative programming languages are necessarily more complex than many other categories considered here, as that's one of the core technical choices to be made when starting a new software development project. +> +> Depending on your needs and technical concerns, you may find any number of different alternative languages useful. For example, when considering alternatives to .NET, Java or Scala may be interesting candidates from the perspective of being similar VM-based frameworks, while Python or Rust may be interesting alternatives in other ways. ## Editors @@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ Could use some help writing this with concrete receipts on environmental, social LLMs are often trained on, and thus prone to, regurgitate either completely, or in-part, chunks of code that are licensed under terms which have specific legal requirements that a sloperator may not understand or even be aware of when making a contribution. Regardless of this ignorance, it falls to the repo's owner to comply with the terms of any and all licensed code integrated into their project. -### Stolen Training Data +## Stolen Training Data AI companies use data from across the web for training their models, most often without the website owners' and users' consent. Big tech companies like Google and Meta are scraping data from the users of major FOSS projects, such as Mastodon, WordPress, and other AcitivityPub-powered and self-hosted software. @@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ To start learning a bit more, you can checkout the wikipedia page on [Environmen Vibe coding results in poorer code quality and is compounded by having addition LLMs do the reviews of both bugs and pull requests in repos. -### Healthy and Safety +## Healthy and Safety There's been a number of high profile incidents that have resulted in endangerment or death. Here's some examples: @@ -275,4 +275,4 @@ Having to deal with the onslaught of many LLM written pull requests and issues, [Garage]: https://garagehq.deuxfleurs.fr/ [Starship]: https://starship.rs [vaultwarden]: https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden -[WriteFreely]: https://writefreely.org/ +[WriteFreely]: https://writefreely.org/ \ No newline at end of file From fc89429e5e9d1099c3cacfb85f6b4e54bcf20281 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: cloudymax Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2026 21:00:18 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 7/8] cleanup and add archive links --- README.md | 17 +++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index e220121..e61743a 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -101,12 +101,10 @@ To Contribute, checkout our [`CONTRIBUTING.md`](./CONTRIBUTING.md). | [`ohmyzsh`](https://github.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh) | [Starship] | [Added Claude and Grok as search engines](https://github.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/pull/13222) | | [Taskfile](https://taskfile.dev) | a Make impl | [Uses Copilot for PRs](https://github.com/go-task/task/pull/2592) | -Note on task runners and `make(1)` implementations: A lot of Make -implementations exist that are very fit to replace other task -runners. In fact so many were produced, that one can just look up "GNU -Make alternative" and find >10 results to pick the one they like the -best. Also see: -[wikipedia/Make](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Make_(software)) +> [!NOTE] +> ### On task runners and `make(1)` implementations: +> A lot of Make implementations exist that are very fit to replace other task runners. +> In fact so many were produced, that one can just look up "GNU Make alternative" and find >10 results to pick the one they like the best. Also see: [wikipedia/Make](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Make_(software)) Here are some Make implementation suggestions: @@ -277,7 +275,10 @@ To start learning a bit more, you can checkout the wikipedia page on [Environmen ## Poor Code Quality -Vibe coding results in poorer code quality and is compounded by having addition LLMs do the reviews of both bugs and pull requests in repos. +Vibe coding / agentic workflows result in poorer code quality, and relaxed oversight practices. These effects may be compounded by the common practice of using additional LLM-based tooling provide code-reviews. + +- [How I Dropped Our Production Database and Now Pay 10% More for AWS](http://archive.today/2026.03.06-144058/https://alexeyondata.substack.com/p/how-i-dropped-our-production-database) +- [Meta Security Researcher's AI Agent Accidentally Deleted Her Emails](http://archive.today/2026.02.26-153034/https://www.pcmag.com/news/meta-security-researchers-openclaw-ai-agent-accidentally-deleted-her-emails) ## Healthy and Safety @@ -293,7 +294,7 @@ There's been a number of high profile incidents that have resulted in endangerme -### Maintainer Fatigue +## Maintainer Fatigue Having to deal with the onslaught of many LLM written pull requests and issues, causes real maintainer burnout that stagnates projects as maintainers become overwhelmed with half baked, poorly written, insecure code. Here's some examples: From 56f551834c2649f2f942959d7bdf83e3f73a4c14 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: cloudymax Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2026 21:03:22 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 8/8] cleanup --- README.md | 17 ++++++----------- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 26dc607..392f4c8 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -102,18 +102,13 @@ To Contribute, checkout our [`CONTRIBUTING.md`](./CONTRIBUTING.md). | [Taskfile](https://taskfile.dev) | a Make impl | [Uses Copilot for PRs](https://github.com/go-task/task/pull/2592) | > [!NOTE] -> ### On task runners and `make(1)` implementations: +> #### On task runners and `make(1)` implementations: > A lot of Make implementations exist that are very fit to replace other task runners. > In fact so many were produced, that one can just look up "GNU Make alternative" and find >10 results to pick the one they like the best. Also see: [wikipedia/Make](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Make_(software)) - -Here are some Make implementation suggestions: - -* [GNU Make](https://www.gnu.org/software/make/) --- the most complete - one, extra extensions, guile scripting, exports, etc., -* [NetBSD make](https://man.netbsd.org/make.1) --- Make used to build - NetBSD ports tree, -* [Jam](https://swarm.workshop.perforce.com/projects/perforce_software-jam/) - --- OSS rewrite by Perforce. +> Here are some Make implementation suggestions: +> * [GNU Make](https://www.gnu.org/software/make/) --- the most complete one, extra extensions, guile scripting, exports, etc., +> * [NetBSD make](https://man.netbsd.org/make.1) --- Make used to build NetBSD ports tree +> * [Jam](https://swarm.workshop.perforce.com/projects/perforce_software-jam/) --- OSS rewrite by Perforce. ## Programming Languages @@ -123,7 +118,7 @@ Here are some Make implementation suggestions: | [Julia](https://julialang.org/) | Python (w/ appropriate scientific libraries) | [`AGENTS.md` in main repository](https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/pull/58561), [PRs "written by Claude"](https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/pulls?q=is%3Apr+written+by+Claude) | | > [!Note] -> ### On alternative languages: +> #### On alternative languages: > Suggestions for alternative programming languages are necessarily more complex than many other categories considered here, as that's one of the core technical choices to be made when starting a new software development project. > > Depending on your needs and technical concerns, you may find any number of different alternative languages useful. For example, when considering alternatives to .NET, Java or Scala may be interesting candidates from the perspective of being similar VM-based frameworks, while Python or Rust may be interesting alternatives in other ways.