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Rsync author responds to online outrage about his usage of LLMs (medium.com)
submitted 1 day ago by rimu@piefed.social to c/programming@programming.dev
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Seems like he's been pushed into using LLMs as a way to cope with the deluge of LLM-generated security reports.

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[-] prole 2 points 18 hours ago

Yeah, everyone with a local LLM running on their PC who suddenly thinks they're an expert in software development: time to bombard the creator of Rsync with AI bullshit that he will need to wade through.

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