LUP 669: Harshing rsync's Vibe¶
- Air Date: 2026-05-31
- Duration: 76 mins 30 secs
About this episode¶
rsync's founder came back, patched real security bugs with AI help, and triggered an open source meltdown. Plus, two more projects reject AI-generated code as the community's newest fault line cracks wide open.
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Episode links¶
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- 📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM
- Please Do Not Vibe Fuck Up This Software · Issue #929 · RsyncProject/rsync
- fogti/rsync-nai — Fork of rsync just before the first obviously LLM-influenced commit
- Flathub No LLM Policy — We have updated Flathub's LLM policy to explicitly disallow AI usage for both the submission process and applications being submitted.
- Reword LLM policy to make it clear it's not allowed - flathub-infra
- Zig 2026: No-AI Policy, $670K Foundation, Left GitHub & Why Zig Isn’t 1.0 - Andrew Kelley Explains - YouTube
- GNOME Circle Takes Stand Against AI Slop, Resources App Makes It Into GNOME Incubator - Phoronix
- QEMU Shifting On AI Policy To Allow Some AI/LLM-Generated Contributions - Phoronix
- Fwupd 2.1.4 Brings Many Fixes For Bugs Spotted By Anthrophic's Mythos, Firmware Update Support For Intel Arc Pro B65/B70 - Phoronix
- Linux Networking Still Seeing "Significantly Bigger" Pull Requests Due To AI - Phoronix
- GitHub Copilot & Claude Code Helped With Graphics, WiFi Linux Driver Issues This Week - Phoronix
- mnemosyne: The Zero-Dependency, Sub-Millisecond AI Memory System for Hermes Agents and Everyone Else!
- Markdown First: A Proposal for the Agent-Readable Web — BitCryptic
- Pick: RecordApps — A desktop application that allows you to record audio from specific applications on Linux. Built with Deno, Svelte, and WebView.
- Pick: OpenLogi — A native, local-first alternative to Logitech Options+, written in Rust 🦀 — remap buttons, DPI, and SmartShift over HID++. No account, no telemetry.
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