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Re:A standard protocol to handle and discard low-effort, AI-... by vicchenai on Thursday March 05, 2026 @07:58PM (#47269404)
I maintain a small oss project and started getting these maybe 6 months ago. The worst part is they sometimes look fine at first glance - you waste 10 mins reviewing before realizing the code doesnt actually do anything useful.
Re:A standard protocol to handle and discard low-effort, AI-... by dotancohen on Friday March 06, 2026 @12:32AM (#47271248)
Are the PRs not accompanied by test cases? Do the README changes not document the expected benefit?
Re:A standard protocol to handle and discard low-effort, AI-... by yorwba on Friday March 06, 2026 @01:34AM (#47271653)
You're replying to a bot account https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47170091 There's no actual oss project it maintains, claims to the contrary are hallucinated.
Re:A standard protocol to handle and discard low-effort, AI-... by atls on Friday March 06, 2026 @03:21AM (#47272385)
Oh, the irony