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The Rsync maintainer, Andrew Tridgell, used Claude Opus to add a Discord link to the README in one of his recent commits
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this post was submitted on 31 May 2026
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Sounds like they've now become completely dependent on AI to make the simplest, smallest changes. π¬
Yeah, even when he has a huge staff of himself to do everything.
π€·ββοΈ I'm the sole developer at my project at work and I don't use AI. π Especially not for editing a markdown file. I know how to paste links and phrase sentences and I don't intend to dull that skill by using AI.
Is your project a international standard for syncing and backing up files to remote sites and subject to much public scrutiny?
I dont see how the scale is relevant to updating .md files
Nobody every got hurt by reading a (non-executable) text file
Whoosh. The guy is the sole maintainer. He has no help. His name is Andrew Tridgell. He is a serious programmer, a legend. He isn't superhuman like the rest of you guys.
I don't get it either. these ableist armchair warriors are talking as if it would have been possible to maintain a project all by yourself before AI...
No need to be snarky; my point stands
Not being snarky and the point doesn't stand.
I don't see the relevance, even given the sibling sub thread. π€
AI is only really useful for making the simplest, smallest changes.
Then it isn't useful, change my mind.
I agree with you, but after reading this devβs story, and knowing how much pressure people are under to at least try out these tools, I think we should all give the guy some slack.
Heβs been actively begging for other human contributors, but people only seem to have time to criticize him instead.
What's depressing is that the number of people trolling him today is probably higher than the total number of people who actually contributed something (even just a bug report) in 30 years.
There's no upside for him, even if he retires they'll probably continue harassing him.
I can definitely empathize with not having enough time to do things. No ifs, ands, or buts there. It's rough finding time, especially if it's volunteer work.
No thanks
Give it up this guy doesn't understand and he isn't going to.
O...kay. Not sure why you commented in that case. ποΈ No pressure, nobody is forced to participate.
While that is definitely a risk one Claude commit in what might have been a larger MR doesn't really tell you much.
It could have been a single item in a long list the agent just put it in its own commit.
Wait, you guys are complaining about the commit comment?
Yes, one way ai attempts to help is by automating commits and merge requests. Thats the least of our worries
Yep, hence the "sounds like". Can't know for sure, obviously. But such trivial things shouldn't be hard to do "manually". Just paste a link and write some text.
You can even have it split and reorder commits.
No - you can fork and continue the development. Itβs open source - you dont depend on shit. Except stepping up and chipping in, it does take that
"No"?
I was referring to the developer, that they've become dependent on AI.