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Codeberg bans vibe coded projects (blog.codeberg.org)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1279028/codeberg-bans-vibe-coded-projects

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[–] 60 points 1 month ago (9 children)

I don't think anyone expects to catch every vibe coded project that might end up on the site. It's seems to be about nurturing specific direction for their community, giving admins clear rules on this issue and making their decisions easier in case they do find (or get a report about) a clearly AI "led" project.

Even if vibe coder manages to stick around, they can't be sure their projects won't disappear at random due to the new rules. Might be enough to prevent some of them from using the site.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    giving admins clear rules on this issue and making their decisions

    The wording used is "mostly". Which is concerning, because "mostly" is anything but clear and leaves a lot of room for interpretation.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 month ago

    It's a bit of a double edged sword. If you're too vague it's easy to allow for overreach but if you're too specific some people will try to skirt the line on technicalities. The final comment in the linked discussion promised to clarify this point in a future blog post so I guess anyone who might be affected by this change should keep an eye for that.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Exactly.

    Boosters: There's no way to enforce this! This rule shouldn't exist. You can't be 100% sure a project isn't slop. Keep the flood gates open.

    Reality: We also can't 100% enforce that people follow the speed limit, but we have speed limit laws. When we catch someone, we can point to the law. The mere existence of the law also acts as a small deterrent.

    Same with Codeberg. We can't 100% enforce the ban, but when we catch someone we'll be able to point to the rule and kick em out. And just seeing an "AI not welcome" sign on the wall will deter some amount of people.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    And: false positives? How much fun is it to go to clone your repo and find it locked because something (probably an AI algorithm) decided your project was "vibe coded"?

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Don't ask me. I have nothing to do with Codeberg and I'm not involved in the process itself, I'm just speculating. I would assume that if they're against hosting AI projects they won't try to hunt for them using AI screening and stick to a honour system + reporting instead but I know nothing about Codeberg's inner workings to say for certain.

    There will probably be more info on that once the official announcement drops so I guess we'll see.

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