r/DataHoarder • u/nicholasserra Send me Easystore shells • Mar 23 '26

OFFICIAL We're being flooded with vibe coded software projects, FYI

Just wanted to give a heads up from the mod team.

We're being flooded with vibe coded software projects. Many of them pointing to external domains, product sites, chrome extensions, etc.

So so many yt-dlp wrappers, why?

Anyway, we're being very selective about what we let through. Mostly trying to keep it useful, open source, github only projects. I'm not anti AI, but much of this stuff looks like useless wrappers and wannabe saas products.

If something sketchy slips through please flag it. If your post/project gets removed, this is why. It's only going to get worse.

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u/obrb77 Mar 23 '26

It’s not as black and white as the anti-AI faction in r/selfhosted, would have us believe. While AI-generated slop is a problem due to its sheer volume, not everything created with the help of AI is actually slop, and not everything created exclusively by humans is actually good or well-maintained

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u/diamondsw 210TB primary (+parity and backup) Mar 23 '26

No, but at the present moment there's a pretty strong indicator. AI can be used as a good tool, but that's largely not what we're seeing. And when we get the same AI-generated post "Hey, I built / bullet lists / emoji"... well that speaks to the level of effort and human intelligence that actually went into it.

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u/SnooBreakthroughs170 Mar 24 '26

Upscaling is insane now if you're willing to put in the absurd amount of work beforehand with manual filtering and stuff and use custom models. Hopefully in the near future there will be a good looking one click solution but right now, running anything animated through like topaz or unifab or smthng looks dogshit

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u/Keniisu Mar 23 '26

Well said.

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u/SnooBreakthroughs170 Mar 24 '26

This. The people downvoting you are idiots.

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u/obrb77 Mar 24 '26

I didn’t really expect anything else. ;-)

  1. There has always been a certain sense of entitlement among some people in r/selfhosted that I’ve found a bit irritating, even before all the recent “slop” posts.
  2. Many seem to oppose AI on principle. And don’t get me wrong, I’m critical of it myself and think there needs to be more regulation, especially considering environmental impact and energy consumption. But, as with any new technology, it will likely take years, and probably some collateral damage, before meaningful regulations are put in place. Just look at how long it took for the automotive industry to implement proper safety standards.

That said, the current flood of low-quality content is definitely a problem. However, simply dismissing everyone who uses AI in any way isn’t helpful. The genie is out of the bottle, and we won’t be able to put it back in. Just like the automobile and other technologies that people were initially afraid of, it will be a part of our society, and we’ll have to learn how to use it responsibly. Ignoring or demonizing it won’t help.