ueiqkkwhuwjwMar 8

ntfy.sh v2.18.0 was written by AI

https://lemmy.world/post/43988094

New ntfy.sh v2.18.0 was written by AI - Lemmy.World

According to the release: >Adds experimental PostgreSQL support >The code was written by Cursor and Claude >14,997 added lines of code, and 10,202 lines removed >reviewed and heavily tested over 2-3 weeks This makes me a bit uneasy, especially as ntfy is an internet facing service. Am I overreacting or do you all share the same concern?

Show threadpatrick

It looks like that tool is more or less built by a single developer (you already trust their judgment anyways!), and even though the code came through in a single PR it was a merge from a branch that had 79 separate commits: github.com/binwiederhier/ntfy/pull/1619

Also glancing through it a bit, huge portions of that are straightforward refactors or even just formatting changes caused by adding a new backend option.

I’m not going to say it’s fine, but they didn’t just throw Claude at a problem and let it rewrite 25k lines of code unnecessarily.

Mar 8 at 5:42pmWeb
Show threadprenatal_confusionMar 8
Wow a differentiated opinion on AI use :)
Show threadsloppy_diffuserMar 9
Something like graphite.com to create stacked PRs that are reviewable probably would have helped. Can be replicated with local LLMs or remote AI providers with locally configured agentic workflows. Never used graphite personally, but I’ve seen some open source maintainers use it to split up large PRs.
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Show threadjohntashMar 10
Huh, I was wondering how rrds would help…
Show threadmudkipMar 9
Any AI usage immediately discredits the software for me, because it calls into question all of their past and future work.
Show threadblarg_dunsenMar 9
Oh boy, do I have bad news about 90% of the internet for you…
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Show threadmudkipMar 9
Linus sent an email recently to the Kernel Mailing List trashing AI slop and rejecting AI generated patches. The fact that he used it to play around with a script doesn’t invalidate the fact that he distrusts code written by LLMs when it actually matters.
Show thread5gruelMar 9

you mean this statement? theregister.com/…/linus_versus_llms_ai_slop_docs/…

If yes, your statement does not really match what Linus said.

Linus Torvalds: Stop making an issue out of AI slop in kernel docs – you're not changing anybody's mind

: 'Because the AI slop people aren't going to document their patches as such'

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Show threadfccviewMar 9

Yeah, I mean, with or without AI, I’ve always only had a big pull request for releases, from a stable release branch into the main branch, the release branch would be a merge of various branches or just be worked on directly on various stages.

One big pull request doesn’t really mean anything.