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Rsync is reportedly causing backups to fail since maintainer began AI code experiment
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this post was submitted on 31 May 2026
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It's good to see AI sloppers already being confronted, dropped, and outcompeted.
It's a bit sad since it's the guy who has been doing this for decades and doing such a good job.
Now Claude comes along and he's convinced he has to slop it up or else get trampled by AI security scanning efforts.
Yeah, the human story here is saddening. Worst part is it can end up being his legacy, decades of diligent work and one misstep in the eyes of (part of) the community and now his work will be considered trash.
I agree with the sentiment but I'm not following on this incident. Who is outcompeting tridge and making a better rsync?
Whoever gets there first if rsync literally stopped working.