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Re:We stopped AI bot spam in our GitHub repo using Git's –au... by hiccuphippo on Monday May 18, 2026 @11:58AM (#48181560)

The irony of the .ai domain.

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Re:We stopped AI bot spam in our GitHub repo using Git's –au... by wafflemaker on Monday May 18, 2026 @12:18PM (#48181800)

Thanks for pointing it out. It has eluded me and it's incredibly funny

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Re:We stopped AI bot spam in our GitHub repo using Git's –au... by dbgrman on Monday May 18, 2026 @12:39PM (#48182055)

also, could the website plz fix its scrolling code? its annoying. i can't read the article

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Re:We stopped AI bot spam in our GitHub repo using Git's –au... by motakuk on Monday May 18, 2026 @12:45PM (#48182111)

Would love to! Could you please share more? I can't quite see the issue

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Re:We stopped AI bot spam in our GitHub repo using Git's –au... by nonethewiser on Monday May 18, 2026 @12:49PM (#48182154)

I dont think anything is ironic about it because they aren't suggesting AI is bad. Just that it can be misused.

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Re:We stopped AI bot spam in our GitHub repo using Git's –au... by bakugo on Monday May 18, 2026 @02:07PM (#48183232)

"I never thought AI would slop my project!" Says company centered around AI slop

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Re:We stopped AI bot spam in our GitHub repo using Git's –au... by edfletcher_t137 on Monday May 18, 2026 @03:58PM (#48184738)

Not just the domain: it's an agentic stack! In other words, I could use their product to create the exact type of PRs they're lamenting here.

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