I wish more people understood this.
Do I use LLMs to write software for my personal use? Sure. I still try to build it in an “incremental” way the same way I would write software manually so I don’t get 10k SLOC written in a week, but at some point, even reviewing 100 LOC changes takes time, so I just take a cursory look at the diff, yolo-merge-and-run to test it. It’s not critical. This is fine. I’m just exploring the problem domain and solutions.
But would I go as far as sharing it, making a damn git repo and advertising it on Lemmy? Fuck no. This is unreliable, inscrutable slopware tailored for my own use. Anyone with a local LLM or a 20 euro claude/codex/z.ai subscription can do the same thing in a few minutes of work a day.
A single 10-line patch/contribution to a human-written project, with contributors who understand the code, or even a well-curated comment in a bug tracker that helps devs debug an issue or clearly expresses a need, has more value for the community than 50 vibe-coded projects.
I didn’t find one that would work entirely authelssly and which would allow negative entries
Have you considered filing feature requests for these on existing, well-maintained projects?
Yes, even writing a proper issue report probably entails more work and brainstorming than prompting your way to a shitty solution. No offense meant, I do it as well. I know using a LLM and pumping out a working solution to a complex problem in a week gives a feeling of euphoria and power; this wouldn’t have been possible at all a few years ago. But there is absolutely no value in proactively sharing and advertising it.
I appreciate OP being transparent about it though.
https://github.com/nodiscc/toolbox/blob/master/SCRIPTS/llamacpp-summarize