Xfce dev sponsored by Xfce project to create a Wayland compositor admits to heavily using Claude LLM for development, dismisses ethical concerns (www.spurint.org)

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cross-posted from: https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/64896415

For additional context, here's Brian's previous blog post about the first preview release of Xfwl4, where he describes his history with Xfce and the sponsorship.

https://www.spurint.org/journal/2026/06/xfwl4s-first-preview-release

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[-] ell1e@leminal.space 22 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Well, that's sad. Who knows what potential unattributed plagiarism landmines are part of it then...

[-] AceFuzzLord@lemmy.zip 4 points 57 minutes ago

Not just that, but also think of all the unforeseen zero days and other types of vulnerabilities people are gonna be dealing with until a real coder comes in to fix the mess left behind.

this post was submitted on 29 Jul 2026

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