Mark DingemanseFeb 4

So I see #Nolto doing the rounds as a supposed #OS #LinkedIn alternative

Judging from the Codeberg issues [1] and the self-professed ignorance of the prompter about fundamentals of federation and software dev [2], it seems highly likely that Nolto is vibe-coded

Superficially feature-rich but lots of loose ends and basic errors, this is a privacy and security disaster waiting to happen — I would not touch this with a barge-pole 😬

[1] https://codeberg.org/Tensetti/Nolto/issues?q=&type=all&sort=relevance&state=open&labels=&milestone=0&project=0&assignee=0&poster=0&archived=false

[2] https://codeberg.org/Tensetti/Nolto/issues/31#issuecomment-10292844

Show threadMark Dingemanse

Addition: @sandorspruit points out that the readme discloses this clearly (in case there was any doubt)

It's interesting to me that the style of the disclaimer itself features the typical LLM-assisted hubris: emphasis on lowering cost (whose cost, and at what price?) and big words about "deliberate and manual" decisions, but relatively little to show for it.

I will take the hint and move on.

Feb 4 at 9:19amWeb
Show threadTimothy WolodzkoFeb 4
@dingemansemark @sandorspruit "something has happened" sounds quite deliberate to me