Comment by trollbridge
17 hours ago
Given the sudden spike in vibe-coded commits to the rsync codebase, and regressions that’s introduced, this is very good news.
17 hours ago
Given the sudden spike in vibe-coded commits to the rsync codebase, and regressions that’s introduced, this is very good news.
I was prepared to dismiss your comment because rsync has always been rock solid, but indeed upgrading broke my backup script. The latest issue on GitHub documents plenty of bugs introduced in the last 2 patches, including a monstrous ~9k LOC commit that was probably pointless.
LLMs make writing code faster/easier, but the thinking was always the important bit. I’ve no idea why you’d muck up such a long-standing, reliable piece of software.
When LLM allows you to produce code n% faster, it also allows you to introduce bugs n% faster.
I find it quite strange that people do not seem to be aware of that...I think many started worshipping the tool as if it was some kind of divinity and lost all objctivity. This doesn't bode well for the future if people aren't able to review code anymore.
Don’t need people to review code, need more LLMs. People aren’t that magical.
Yes, I also don't know how license critical distributions like Debian can even ship rsync now because it contains a) laundered code and b) Tridgell cannot claim copyright over the Claude additions.
So rsync should be pinned to an older version and just get security updates.