<![CDATA[Tridge has responded on the rsync vibe disaster]]>Tridge has responded on the rsync vibe disaster

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* you're all dumb haters
* AI is a revolution just in the past few months
* yes there were regressions but,
* the new test suite is awesome you haters
* openrsync doesn't pass the new test suite! ha, you fools! well that's cos it targets an older version but,

at least it reads like he wrote it by hand

i can pick the particular mastodon posts he's reacting to here

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/ca5575d3-5e15-4d38-9a4f-f5005d39d833/tridge-has-responded-on-the-rsync-vibe-disasterRSS for NodeFri, 05 Jun 2026 19:03:40 GMTWed, 03 Jun 2026 11:26:04 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Tridge has responded on the rsync vibe disaster on Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:57:57 GMT]]>@timbray he subtweeted ariadne's post about alpine moving to openrsync and jonny's long thread on the python testing framework as "foaming at the mouth", come on now

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://circumstances.run/users/davidgerard/statuses/116686761296956832https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://circumstances.run/users/davidgerard/statuses/116686761296956832Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:57:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Tridge has responded on the rsync vibe disaster on Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:55:43 GMT]]>@davidgerard @kaasbaas @dlakelan @cstross Plus from what I heard, rsync WAS handed off for a while, then he came back to run it again.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://yiff.life/users/tael/statuses/116686752525222252https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://yiff.life/users/tael/statuses/116686752525222252Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:55:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Tridge has responded on the rsync vibe disaster on Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:53:28 GMT]]>@davidgerard FWIW I think David's characterization of Tridge's post is inaccurate. I'd encourage people to read it before piling on. Doesn't mean I agree with Tridge's approach here. And I acknowledge I may be biased because this guy has provided software that has repeatedly saved my ass and can do things that seem miraculous. Cutting him a little slack would seem appropriate.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/users/timbray/statuses/116686743721660988https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/users/timbray/statuses/116686743721660988Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:53:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Tridge has responded on the rsync vibe disaster on Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:53:27 GMT]]>@a2_4am @dysfun yeah that's all i've found

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://circumstances.run/users/davidgerard/statuses/116686743659080348https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://circumstances.run/users/davidgerard/statuses/116686743659080348Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:53:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Tridge has responded on the rsync vibe disaster on Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:53:19 GMT]]>@bloognoo @davidgerard Wow I gotta remember that one.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/foobarsoft/statuses/116686743127006262https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/foobarsoft/statuses/116686743127006262Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:53:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Tridge has responded on the rsync vibe disaster on Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:51:22 GMT]]>@kaasbaas @dlakelan @cstross withholding maintainer labour and refusing to keep working for free is a thing that worked for libxml2. i think that's my conclusion for today. if you're at the stage of posting "i'd rather be sailing", go fuckin sailing.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://circumstances.run/users/davidgerard/statuses/116686735433168726https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://circumstances.run/users/davidgerard/statuses/116686735433168726Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:51:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Tridge has responded on the rsync vibe disaster on Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:42:58 GMT]]>@catsalad @davidgerard @bloognoo

"Don't worry dudes and dudettes, I used AI but I very carefully designed it and planned it beforehand. That's why I have so many regressions, sorry bout dat. Also I could have communicated all this before doing it but YOSO*, you know."

*You Only Sail Once

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://lile.cl/users/adriano/statuses/116686702440933920https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://lile.cl/users/adriano/statuses/116686702440933920Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:42:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Tridge has responded on the rsync vibe disaster on Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:41:10 GMT]]>@davidgerard @dysfun Fedora (which I am not involved with, beyond using it on a single laptop) appears to have no problem with it. v3.4.3 was automatically pushed to FC45 <https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-52613027b0> and is in process of being pushed to FC44 <https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-d14cd355b3> and FC43. I don't see any objections coming from inside the project.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/a2_4am/statuses/116686695321271108https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/a2_4am/statuses/116686695321271108Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:41:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Tridge has responded on the rsync vibe disaster on Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:39:53 GMT]]>@davidgerard @bloognoo Replacing the word "AI" with "cocaine" when reading stuff like this explains so much

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/catsalad/statuses/116686690266671662https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/catsalad/statuses/116686690266671662Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:39:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Tridge has responded on the rsync vibe disaster on Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:39:28 GMT]]>@david_chisnall @davidgerard @sharpcheddargoblin
I think of it in terms of reflection. What / how processes in one's brain gets warpped by this overall illusuion of deeper think in LLM (Large Language Condensates -- "model" is a missused word here).

What happens at lower level than that of "personality", "arrogant" -- at a level of how these bigger behaviours are assembled.

We gotta know, so as to help others not to get on this needle.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://privacysafe.social/users/mikalai/statuses/116686688658552507https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://privacysafe.social/users/mikalai/statuses/116686688658552507Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:39:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Tridge has responded on the rsync vibe disaster on Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:25:01 GMT]]>@davidgerard was it all written by human, especially when the most intimate part -- code -- is given to next chance token machines

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://privacysafe.social/users/mikalai/statuses/116686631827259632https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://privacysafe.social/users/mikalai/statuses/116686631827259632Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:25:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Tridge has responded on the rsync vibe disaster on Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:20:42 GMT]]>@davidgerard This is the amount of level-headedness I wish to attain, and hopefully surpass but I think that comes with age.

And goddamn. 40 years software engineer xp... Pretty sure those weirdos cannot even compare.

Imagine if those weirdos decided to use their precious limited time in their lives to help out and be productive than yap... There's like hundreds or a thousand of them out there.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/reallylazybear/statuses/116686614875568488https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/reallylazybear/statuses/116686614875568488Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:20:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Tridge has responded on the rsync vibe disaster on Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:20:33 GMT]]>@mrs_malice

oceans are now battlefields etc

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://zirk.us/users/darby3/statuses/116686614251429850https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://zirk.us/users/darby3/statuses/116686614251429850Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:20:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Tridge has responded on the rsync vibe disaster on Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:13:35 GMT]]>@davidgerard "nobody actually knows if human intelligence is just finer grained stochastic prediction as well"

WTAF đź«Ş

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://indieweb.social/users/jaredwhite/statuses/116686586862829066https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://indieweb.social/users/jaredwhite/statuses/116686586862829066Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:13:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Tridge has responded on the rsync vibe disaster on Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:08:58 GMT]]>@davidgerard "Oh, btw, I also did a PhD in CS" congratulations

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/gryphonmyers/statuses/116686568743719472https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/gryphonmyers/statuses/116686568743719472Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:08:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Tridge has responded on the rsync vibe disaster on Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:05:39 GMT]]>@dlakelan @cstross @davidgerard But also the load on maintainers has gone up partly, but not entirely, due to AI generated vulnerability reports.

His response seems to have been to fight AI with AI.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/steely_glint/statuses/116686555671711087https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/steely_glint/statuses/116686555671711087Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:05:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Tridge has responded on the rsync vibe disaster on Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:01:47 GMT]]>@davidgerard “excuse me for using these fascistic tools of class warfare but i simply must get back to SAILING” lmao pretty fuckin clear which side he’s on eh

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.world/ap/users/116042535303335543/statuses/116686540458011580https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.world/ap/users/116042535303335543/statuses/116686540458011580Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:01:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Tridge has responded on the rsync vibe disaster on Wed, 03 Jun 2026 13:59:20 GMT]]>@ShadowJonathan @davidgerard Yesterday I read on Mastodon that gokr-rsync was uploaded to Debian unstable/sid https://packages.debian.org/sid/gokr-rsync

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://todon.eu/users/regendans/statuses/116686530807816635https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://todon.eu/users/regendans/statuses/116686530807816635Wed, 03 Jun 2026 13:59:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Tridge has responded on the rsync vibe disaster on Wed, 03 Jun 2026 13:48:28 GMT]]>@nohhue I also found the specific post he's replying to

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://circumstances.run/users/davidgerard/statuses/116686488080909229https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://circumstances.run/users/davidgerard/statuses/116686488080909229Wed, 03 Jun 2026 13:48:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Tridge has responded on the rsync vibe disaster on Wed, 03 Jun 2026 13:44:47 GMT]]>@davidgerard it doesn't even make sense on it's own terms.

If the point was to entirely switch to a python test codebase, why was he using the worst (according to LLMshills) system for that purpose?

To then take that and release the thing in a wholly broken form to the public?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://goblin.technology/users/dgold/statuses/01KT6VNGTCXZXM3BRBX51T6NR7https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://goblin.technology/users/dgold/statuses/01KT6VNGTCXZXM3BRBX51T6NR7Wed, 03 Jun 2026 13:44:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Tridge has responded on the rsync vibe disaster on Wed, 03 Jun 2026 13:40:30 GMT]]>@davidgerard The openrsync dig is cheap, and complaining about having to work instead of retiring only begs the question "why did you not do the work of finding a new maintainer, then?", but the part about being raged on I guess doesn't deserve this. He very well could have been dogpiled and that's nasty.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://lile.cl/users/adriano/statuses/116686456757099235https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://lile.cl/users/adriano/statuses/116686456757099235Wed, 03 Jun 2026 13:40:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Tridge has responded on the rsync vibe disaster on Wed, 03 Jun 2026 13:40:28 GMT]]>@davidgerard to be fair: we **are** all dumb haters. We just have good reasons to.
Also, many reactions *are* over the top.

- Mourn the project
- tell the unpaid-hobbyist maintainer you would have preferred he not use AI because of (well known reasons) **in a friendly manner**
- fork the last known good commit and step up to maintain the project or hope someone else will.

Unless of course, they are being an ass about it. Then have at it.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mavu/statuses/116686456617070876https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mavu/statuses/116686456617070876Wed, 03 Jun 2026 13:40:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Tridge has responded on the rsync vibe disaster on Wed, 03 Jun 2026 13:39:43 GMT]]>@millihertz @davidgerard yep. Which makes rsync actually quite a nice example of why that line of thinking is bait.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://raphus.social/ap/users/116366479330331657/statuses/116686453734768326https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://raphus.social/ap/users/116366479330331657/statuses/116686453734768326Wed, 03 Jun 2026 13:39:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Tridge has responded on the rsync vibe disaster on Wed, 03 Jun 2026 13:36:04 GMT]]>@davidgerard plagiarizers hate it so much when they get called out for plagiarizing. lazy and shameful, they've completely discredited themselves as a competent and trustworthy "developer". not even deserving of the name "developer" when they're generating and relying on plagiarized content.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.lol/users/poprox/statuses/116686439362408732https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.lol/users/poprox/statuses/116686439362408732Wed, 03 Jun 2026 13:36:04 GMT