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I've said this before and I'll say it again. If an established dev uses AI and you don't want that? Then get involved.
No. If an established dev leans on LLMs for coding and shovels it into the main branch, they have abdicated their responsibility and trashed their reputation. We get to point that out
without any obligation to do their work for them.
Point it out, doesn't change the fact that you're not addressing the core problem, which is developer burnout in these FOSS projects.
Also no its not their work, its literally a voluntary job so stop dictating how people spend their free time.
But that's just me, you do you.
Yep. All the bitching is exhausting.
Talk is cheap. Send contributions or fuck off.
Well rsync is a pretty integral utility for a whole array of software at this point, and I guarantee you that not all of its userbase has the expertise required for direct contributions. I don't think it's fair to write off the complaints of people like that as irrelevant, especially if they have a stake in rsync working well for them without having to worry about AI hallucinations screwing them over.
Well yes but.
This guy is already retired, he wants to spend his days sailing and here we are bitching about rsync not being good enough while we all use if for free
Most of us won't be able to help code
But most of us could help with translations
Many of us could help with documentation
Some of us could contribute regularly nwith small financial donations
Some of us might have enough knowledge and expertise and experience to help code
The point is: rsync need more resources. Either we get him more resources or we STFU about the retired dev using AI. We can't have it both ways
I agree with the worry and wanting an alternative but demanding what the dev does is where it crosses a line I feel
I agree with that too, though I think the self-righteous attitude like that of the person I'm replying to swings in the opposite direction a little too hard for my liking. There's a happy balance, y'know?
People shouldn't complain in a dev's ear like they owe them something they never promised, and people trying to call that out shouldn't counter it with a demeaningly confrontational demeanour. Obviously that's a lot to ask for on the internet, but it's a good thing to try for at least.
Tell me about it, I am skeptical about AI and I kinda wanna know the True Positive, true negative, false positive, false negatives with these AI classified bugs. Still a useful tool.
I just think it's unreasonable to ask someone to do dev work for free, either pay or contribute (code, docs, help in misc ways) or cash (and pull out when they do something you don't approve that's your right). But until there's real fuckery let's just open bug reports and complain about real issues that can be fixed.
It's provided as is, no warranty, no guarantee. If you built your life around it, that's on you, not the dev. If you want something else, do it yourself or pay somebody to do it for you.
Fair, but a little empathy for rsync users who only mean well would go a long way. The everyone-for-themselves mentality doesn't tend to be very helpful most of the time, if ever.
I've had conversations with people when you say that, like they don't want to get involved, don't want to code, and they want the dev done their way. Like ok. WTF? Entitled much?
And this is for established devs and their codebases, not some vibe kiddy
Yea, I find all these knee jerk reactions directly asking for rsync alternatives once AI has been mentioned a bit annoying. Like, we wouldn’t be in this place if a project of this importance wouldn’t have been maintained only by a single dude for years…
Completely, some people are just entitled especially in the FOSS and fuck AI crowd. Like I get it but FOSS is literally where it's gonna be a net good.
No it will not be a net good.
No net good would be if everyone chirping about AI use in coding picked up a book, Intro to C, Rust, hell even Java. Till then this is all we got. What's your solution to the problem of developer burnout in FOSS projects?