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Re:Please Do Not Vibe Fuck Up This Software – Rsync by Quarrel on Sunday May 31, 2026 @05:28AM (#48344250)
But DID anything change?

Of course I know that some people can just becoming psychotic out of nowhere. But why would I assume it?

Re:Please Do Not Vibe Fuck Up This Software – Rsync by yw3410 on Sunday May 31, 2026 @08:15AM (#48345109)
Yes, according to the git diff and the comment here https://github.com/RsyncProject/rsync/issues/929#issuecommen....

A change in the sys calls that are used. That's pretty sensitive in general I think; I can see if it were introduced by an LLM why people would be upset if they experienced data loss from it.

Re:Please Do Not Vibe Fuck Up This Software – Rsync by ablob on Sunday May 31, 2026 @05:49AM (#48344344)
According to the thread rsync broke for incremental backups and increases the cpu load heavily. The whole thread only started because people noticed regressions and were wondering what happened.

Since I quite a few users are using distros that won't update for a while it gets even better: this trend may continue and as soon as the update actually happens we'll be so far down the road that it will be too late to take a step back and reconsider due to the delayed feedback. This is pretty much about the few people _already_ having issues with it.

That being said, if the creator wants to use AI to work on the project they are free to do so. I just hope nothing of value is lost because of it.

P.S.: If you stop writing by hand and start delegating - to AI or other people - something has changed. There shouldn't be any discussion about it. Delegation is different than writing it yourself.

Re:Please Do Not Vibe Fuck Up This Software – Rsync by ShinyLeftPad on Sunday May 31, 2026 @08:24AM (#48345154)
Do you think LLM use is evidence of psychosis? I think it's a widespread problem but probably not psychosis.
Re:Please Do Not Vibe Fuck Up This Software – Rsync by pojzon on Sunday May 31, 2026 @04:18PM (#48349338)
At least once a week we have a post on HN about CEOs having AI paychosis. Maybe there is something to it.
Re:Please Do Not Vibe Fuck Up This Software – Rsync by ShinyLeftPad on Friday June 05, 2026 @09:48AM (#48412544)
I like the term paychosis