Rsync 3.4.3 Regressions Trigger Debate Over AI-Assisted Code

https://linuxiac.com/rsync-3-4-3-regressions-trigger-debate-over-ai-assisted-code/

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Asetru@feddit.org · 18 pts · 98d (8 replies)

I did not just vibe-code “convert test suite to python”. I’m a software engineer with 40 years experience (yeah, I’m OLD!), so I did a design first and had a plan for how to validate it. I used AI tools to do the grunt work because they are good at that. I reviewed every part of it myself and ran through a huge amount of CI time getting it right (I’m since moved to having a bunch of local VMs to do most testing to reduce the CI wait time).

"I did not just vibe code", proceeds to explain how he vibe coded it. What a joke.

I especially loved the part where he argued he was too old to be vibe coding. Guess it's supposed to be called vibration writing if you're over 50?

ruuster13@lemmy.zip · 23 pts · 98d (7 replies)

He reviewed all the code generated by AI to make sure it was good. That is not vibe coding.

davidgro@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 98d (3 replies)

Apparently not reviewed well enough.

ruuster13@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 98d (2 replies)

Read the article. He fucked something up without AI's help.

Asetru@feddit.org · 5 pts · 98d

Because of course he did and the AI is absolutely not to blame.

davidgro@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 98d

Yeah, but I wonder if he would have paid more attention to existing use cases if he wrote it all himself. Probably not, but I feel like it's possible.

Asetru@feddit.org · 6 pts · 98d

arcterus@piefed.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 98d

LGTM!

OrganicMustard@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 98d

Keep fooling yourself, lol