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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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๐คทโโ๏ธ I'm the sole developer at my project at work and I don't use AI. ๐ 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. ๐ค