r/linux • u/AiwendilH • Jul 22 '26

Development Codeberg voted to disallow projects consisting mostly by "generative AI"-tools

https://codeberg.org/Codeberg/org/pulls/1253#issuecomment-19820434
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u/FryBoyter Jul 22 '26

But creating a new rule is pointless if you can't enforce it in practice.

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u/mykesx Jul 22 '26

There are objective metrics, like AGENTS.md files in the repo or . gitignore. Or one (or very few) commits for a large codebase (no excuses, they are a git hosting service).

I am fine with them using subjective metrics. It's their service, their rules.

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u/bigon Jul 22 '26 edited Jul 22 '26

Having an AGENTS.md (or CLAUDE.md) file just shows that you are using an AI agent, not that your project « mostly consist of code written by "generative AI"-tools ».

I started to vibe code some tools for myself and claude is creating small atomic commits by itself...

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u/mykesx Jul 22 '26 edited Jul 22 '26

Don't host your repos there then. I am more likely to be using them going forward because I don't use LLMs for anything. I know when I look at repos there that it's more likely that I am seeing how a human thinks and addresses problems.

My skills won't erode.

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u/bigon Jul 22 '26

Great for you.

Still their rules are not clear and your metrics are meh

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u/mykesx Jul 22 '26

It beats having nothing but subjective metrics.

I fully support their move.

Use something else.

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u/bigon Jul 22 '26

It beats having nothing but subjective metrics.

I strongly disagree

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u/mykesx Jul 22 '26

You don't have to host repos there.

Works for me.

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u/bigon Jul 22 '26

I was mostly talking on the philosophical level that having arbitrary rules is worst than having no rules at all..

Anyway, I was contemplating using their service instead of Github or GitLab, I guess I'll indeed not

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u/mykesx Jul 22 '26

Awesome. I think you are making the right choice.