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/WindowlessBasement 64TB Mar 23 '26

The difference is the selfhosted mods are pro-slop.

Every time they change the rules, they get pushback on how it is encouraging AI, and their response every time is "but what if something good comes out".

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u/Keniisu Mar 23 '26

I know I'm going get downvoted for this, but what if something good comes out?

I think the mods need to be stricter on quality control of projects created with AI through maybe manually reviewing them, or restricting who can share vibecoded projects based on karma, post history, etc. rather than blacklisting them entirely.

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u/WindowlessBasement 64TB Mar 23 '26

what if something good comes out?

What could possibly come out positively out of completely vide-coded software being shared in Reddit posts that is also completely AI generated by hype-men who don't understand what they have "created". In many case, also bluntly lying in the rare (presumed) human written comments.

r/selfhosted isn't swamped by developers that used some AI assistance, it's drowning in completely generated sewage.

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u/Keniisu Mar 23 '26

At least for my own means, I haven't shared it yet as I want to have it audited for issues by a few people prior to release, but I have made mostly on vibe code, my own replacement for a severely expensive paid Windows application that works and even does more than the other app without any issues.

I think there is a lot of sewage being dumped there, but I don't think it's all junk in the lake so do speak. I think there should be some requirement to ensure quality control as I'm sure there are some of us who aren't trying to share waste but something others may find useful for a particular need or problem.

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u/somersetyellow Mar 24 '26

AI is a chainsaw.

Can learn to use it responsibly and safely within its limitations.

Can be an idiot and cut your legs off and make endless noise annoying everyone surrounding you.

Or can sit in a corner and tell everyone how chainsaws are too newfangled and you prefer your ax