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rsync goes AI slop, breaks your backups (pivot-to-ai.com)

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0EAo9jo-U4&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video
https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260603-rsync-goes-ai-slop-breaks-your-backups - podcast

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[-] MoonMelon@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 week ago

I don't know anything about rsync aside from as a user, but I am pretty experienced with Python and I admit those tests look really bizarre. If he did "slot machine" code it (a term I wasn't familiar with) then yeah, I agree that's slop. If he didn't, I don't understand why he made these changes. OK yeah, that's a bad sign.

[-] dgerard@awful.systems 27 points 1 week ago

every vibe coder insists they're shooting up krokodil responsibly

[-] arbitraryidentifier@awful.systems 9 points 1 week ago

krokodil is such a good analogy goddamn

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