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Rsync is reportedly causing backups to fail since maintainer began AI code experiment
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this post was submitted on 31 May 2026
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How much you want to bet he's just bombarded by the "ai security reports arms race" I saw on here a couple days ago, where people use LLMs to find security holes in open source projects (likely a form of 'fuck the dev' training)? I mean, for hundreds of reports to come in, some of which I'm sure are legitimate, is overwhelming to a team... and he's just one dude.
Edit. Looks like I may have been right. User Chairman Meow posted an excerpt from Discord that basically says that. Even legends get lonely, it seems.
Yep. A solo dev working on a project. Legitimate security flaws found by people who don't know much of anything about coding, but can prompt an LLM. They don't even understand the bugs they're submitting, so if he has questions they can't help.
His choice is either to spend all of his free time trying to patch these bugs, or to look for help. It's very hard to find help as a solo dev on an unsexy but essential tool. So, he turned to LLMs to help. And, who knows, maybe he's able to use them slightly more responsibly than other devs. But, LLMs almost inevitably lead to their own bugs because LLMs are always confident, and are designed to produce something that looks as much as possible like real working code, but without any actual thought or analysis behind them.