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The Rsync maintainer, Andrew Tridgell, used Claude Opus to add a Discord link to the README in one of his recent commits
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this post was submitted on 31 May 2026
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For those who've never heard of him, Andrew Tridgell is not just some kid cosplaying as a programmer, he's an open source legend. Apart from rsync he created Samba. Oh, and apparently he annoyed Linus Torvalds into inventing git lmao
Sure, it looks like he's made a blunder or two but let's not dogpile on him please. This is Fuck AI, not Fuck People.
Doing absolutely nothing would be better than the current travesty.
"Be ruthless to systems, and kind to individuals" ~ Michael Brooks
Looks like he's having a dark chapter in his life. I don't know what caused the burnout initially but AI is part of the doom cycle. He could use mental healthcare.
Don't coddle him either. He should feel shame and embarrassment. Otherwise he'll keep on with this crap until he starts losing push privileges
Losing push privileges?
He's the author of rsync. He decides who has push privileges.
On Rsync. He contributes to many projects. This can 100% go the same as a dev who develops a substance problem
jfc that's literally abuser language wtf is wrong with you
You're enabling a behavior that hurts everyone including Andrew. Mistakes like this should be embarrassing. Or in the words of zoidberg. Your AI code is bad and you should feel bad
seek therapy I mean it
Things are going to get hard the next few years. You will not make it. I mean it.
Hey bro I've seen a couple of your post today. You need a new method of trolling this one isn't very funny.
为什么不能两个都要