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Ask HN: Do you allow vibecoded submissions in your open-source projects?

4 points·by sneas·il y a 7 mois·12 comments

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sneas
·il y a 7 mois·discuss
I created this thread thinking that AI is definitely going to shake the open-source world, and I wanted to know how people deal with AI-slop PRs.

Thank you for sharing your experience. I am not an open-source rockstar, and I have only had to reject PRs a few times in my life. All the times I felt terrible for people who put in some effort to build something around my code and got rejected.
sneas
·il y a 7 mois·discuss
Yes, it's the language-learning-tool.

> Do you like the general idea of the PR?

To be honest, I'm not a fan of the PR's general idea.

> Is it possible to merge one part and keep it disabled by default for most users?

This is exactly what I am about to do. To merge a small part of that PR into my repo. That part conducts communication between the web app and the proposed extension, so the author of the PR can use my APIs while keeping most of their code in their fork.

I am actually glad that I created this thread. Thank you for responding to it.
sneas
·il y a 7 mois·discuss
I was confused and wanted to get some validation and connection — a human thing. Thank you for sharing your experience.
sneas
·il y a 7 mois·discuss
Vibecoding tools have attracted many non-technical people who are unfamiliar with PR etiquette.

There will likely be way more PRs like the one I described in the future.
sneas
·il y a 7 mois·discuss
Good question. I would've rejected it. This answers my original question.

But it's hard to imagine someone spending so much time coding without coordinating with the maintainer.
sneas
·il y a 7 mois·discuss
Thank you so much!