Comment on This Looks kinda cool, but does anyone have any experience at vetting a project like this?

• i_stole_ur_taco@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Ok, so I ran the repo through an LLM to look for any suspicious requests, and it came back clean.

  But it’s hella suspicious that the repo owner edited away the issue and closed it without a response.

  It’s also hella suspicious that the user that reported that issue created their account yesterday.

  I think I need to go the nuclear option: pop a gummy and monitor the network traffic of the container and see what it’s doing.

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  • fleem@piefed.zeromedia.vip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    o7 godspeed! i appreciate you your effort. the spirit of this project does sound so cool so i was a little heartbroken.

    enjoy the edible!

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    • i_stole_ur_taco@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Well that was fun! I’m confident this project isn’t malicious. It’s for sure coded using AI, and I think that’s what triggered a smear campaign. This removed Reddit post looks like there is just a downvote brigade out to get the project because the author admitted to using AI.

      The only network traffic it’s made when I monitored it was local. Certainly nothing went to Asia.

      I think it tries to solve a neat problem. There’s so many features packed in that it’s obviously vibe coded. That’s probably a huge turn off for AI detractors. If you don’t care about that, I think you’re safe to give it a try.

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