Comment on [AIP] TypeType: a self-hosted video app for YouTube, NicoNico and BiliBili
Natanox@discuss.tchncs.de 9 hours ago
The project idea looks really cool and genuinely solves a problem (though I would’ve preferred a Nextcloud sync and improved extractors for NewPipe & Freetube), however the amount of generated code and permissive policy (allowing to just have complete implementations generated) scares me off. It sounds like there are huge amounts of code no human ever looked at.
Hey, thx for the kind words about the project, and for taking the time to write this up (˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶)
Just to clear up the NewPipe and FreeTube part: TypeType doesn’t use them, we run on PipePipeExtractor, and I contribute upstream to PipePipe whenever I can.
PipePipe is a different project with its own services and its own direction, and we have nothing to do with them these days.
On the generated code, I totally get the concern. It’s not a mass of code nobody ever looked at, I read what ships, I test it, and I maintain it myself. These days I also maintain it with other contributors, but I still review what goes in, for example github.com/TypeType-Video/TypeType-Frontend/…/62
The disclosure is just me being honest about the tools involved. I understand why people focus on that first, with all the AI slop out there, but it’s a bit frustrating sometimes. There’s a real history behind the project, with reviews, tests and releases.
I try to stay as transparent as I can. And honestly, at the end of the day I have a great community, friendly and supportive, and that’s enough for me.
I just share the project to offer an alternative. Concretely, I have nothing to gain from it. As long as I’m alive, TypeType will be properly maintained ♡