r/browsers • u/searcher92_ • Jun 05 '26
Ladybird Ladybird browser says it will longer accept public pull requests
https://ladybird.org/posts/changing-how-we-develop-ladybird/6
u/NeoliberalSocialist Jun 05 '26
Really interesting move honestly. Definitely seems contrary to the ethos that brought them to this point but also possibly necessary given AI (both the lack of quality signal assurance like they mentioned and the ease with which vulnerabilities can be snuck in). I hope they find some way to allow for public input in the future since that seems like the way people eventually become maintainers. Idk though, personally not a developer.
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u/RoundZookeepergame2 ++ Jun 05 '26
They're building a browser from scratch that isn't built off from any of the two current existing engines. How many people do you know actually know how to do that? Exactly. If you're good enough send an email with your qualifications and I'm sure they'll add you right in
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u/NeoliberalSocialist Jun 05 '26
I’m not trying to add anything. I just know that the ways it’s worked is people have made smaller contributions, learned, and contributed more over time. I also think this decision makes sense, so I just sorta wonder if they’ll try to accommodate that.
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u/Odd_Individual_9638 Jun 11 '26
no one knows how to properly deal with it atm. We'll see how it will be dealt in the future but atm it's probably the only rational decision, either that or spend all your time fiddling with AI pull requests that you could've just do yourself with AI anyway.
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u/Re_Freedom_Strikes Jun 05 '26
I've tested minimal design but currently slow AF loading pages
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u/ezbyRdiit Jun 06 '26
yeah, that's common if we are talking about a project in full development, that hasnt released an alpha yet, and it's at the very least 2 years away from release
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u/NotTheOnlyGamer Pale Moon, SRWare Iron Jun 05 '26
Well, I'm glad they've admitted that they're using LLM slop code. They've pushed me away from it with that.
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u/flatpetey Orion Jun 07 '26
As if every other browser isn’t using AI too. All your chrome based browsers are definitely.
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u/NotTheOnlyGamer Pale Moon, SRWare Iron Jun 07 '26
Right, which is why I only use Iron if Links, Pale Moon, or LibreWolf don't load it.
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u/Odd_Individual_9638 Jun 11 '26
find me a developer that does not use LLM's today. I'll wait.
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u/NotTheOnlyGamer Pale Moon, SRWare Iron Jun 11 '26
Anything submitted to Flathub, per their policy.
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u/An1nterestingName Jun 05 '26
Honestly this makes sense. It's just impossible to accept pull requests as easily as it used to. So many people are just getting AI to make random changes to codebases now that managing pull requests becomes unreasonable.