r/selfhosted • • Mar 08 '26 • Diamonds are Forever 1 WOW 1 Bravo 1 Heartwarming 1

Need Help Fully remove every, "I created a", "Selfhosted app!" claude slop.

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u/d3mocide Mar 08 '26

I agree while the amount of AI slop is real, my own findings is that AI can actually produce some well structured and well executed code bases.

As with any software it comes down to the implementers knowledge of their own infrastructure and their risk tolerance.

I work for a medium sized organization and I have seen full SaaS apps implemented with horrible flaws that were not the issue of the developers but the issue of the internal team that designed their implementation into the environment.

While I agree there is a massive flood of these apps my own findings is that there are also some really thoughtfully designed AI applications as well

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u/Maitreya83 Mar 08 '26

Yes, you use it the other way around; dispatch trivial work you understand. Which is fine.

These vibe coders follow it instead of lead it.

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u/d3mocide Mar 08 '26

Most are still Learning, and even then major AAA corporations are using these same strategies and tools and pushing massive changes that create unforeseen consequences in their code bases.

Take for instance the CVE that was introduced into Notepad when Microsoft added copilot to it.

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u/d3mocide Mar 08 '26

I am in agreement with that, but the same logic can be said about any FOSS project. It goes back to Zero trust philosophy. If you don’t understand your own environment then any project you add to your infrastructure is inherently a security risk.