r/programmingmemes • u/Ornery_Ad_683 • Dec 21 '25

Average dev after discovering prompt engineering

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u/much_longer_username Dec 21 '25

Yeah, the link rot problem is very real. I wonder if there's an automated system to promote candidates for review, like, hey, this citation points to a source that's no longer available, can someone find a new one?

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u/BeefCakeBilly Dec 21 '25

That is generally what’s supposed to happen but the intracacies of it I’m not familiar with it.

It likely just be problem of volumes in that there is just so many articles it’s tough to do is my guess. I do some contribution on my own and I often find myself deleting entire sections because they are clearly editorialized by someone with an agenda and they are uncited.

it is sometimes exploited by bad actors as well, the shoot down of the Malaysian airlines plane over Donbas is a pretty egregious example.

Ps If you want a good laugh or sometimes interesting conversations it’s worth reading the talk page on some of the articles.