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I've spent about 100 hours of work over the past month to make sure git-annex can build without dependencies that contain LLM generated code. At least so far.
https://git-annex.branchable.com/no_llm_code/ Needing to review a program's whole dependency tree on an ongoing basis is apparently what programming has come to?
I've found some real stinkers. Large LLM generated changes being reverted in the next release without any explanation. An incoherent 1489 line commit message with 10,000 lines of changes to a 26,000 LOC code base. A LLM prompt to copy code from another project that seems to have only avoided being copyright infringement due to luck.
I now have additional information about the quality of dependencies which will surely influence future decisions. As far as I can see, that's the only positive benefit of this work.
I realize that I am probably trying to hold back the tide at this point. That appears to be why Software Freedom Conservancy punted, and I doubt that the FSF will do any better.
As these dominos fall, I am reconsidering my participation in these communities. But I continue my work and support my users.
It may seem easy to prompt a LLM with
Add fourmolu config and restyled
neat
format a module
And commit the result and call yourself a 10xer. But please consider the broader impact of your actions. (In the above case, that project lost my further collaboration on it.)