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**#A quick edit to address something important and provide a disclaimer: **

Thank you all for your feedback! This project was "vibecoded" with Cloude AI and serves more as a "proof of concept" for what could be achieved with AI assistance. I'm just a tech enthusiast, and I'm excited to continue exploring new possibilities. I understand there’s a real concern about “AI Slop,” but that's exactly why I’m sharing this project with you all so that experts who are interested in the idea can offer guidance or even help improve it.

I’ve noticed that many people with home labs prefer to update their applications manually instead of relying on other apps that automate the process. Often, they have to check each one individually. That’s where Vigil comes in. The primary function of Vigil is to centralize the information and give users clear visibility of which applications are outdated, their current version, and the newer version available from several sources. This way, you can decide what and when to update.

To be honest, I hope it ends up being useful to others as it is for me.

If you have a few minutes, I’d really appreciate you trying it out and leaving a review or suggestions on the repo or even here. I'd do my best to answer most of the comments.

REPO: https://github.com/kumucode/vigil.git

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[–] chameleon@lemmy.today 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Slop alert. Use at your own risk

[–] DeckPacker@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 points 4 months ago

Yeah, I was looking for that info, because I don't trust any (especially new projects, that use AI).

How did you know, it was AI though? I am just curious

[–] 3abas@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Make it support Podman next.

[–] 1step@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'd love too if I knew how to do that. I still have lots of things to learn and do before putting my toes on these waters, but I'm glad you showed some interest even to mention an integration with other tools. Thanks for that.

[–] Thaurin@lemmy.world -1 points 4 months ago

My god. This timeline is so horrible.

[–] Thaurin@lemmy.world -1 points 4 months ago

Their AI agent doesn't understand that.

[–] ShortN0te@lemmy.ml 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Sorry, but you have posted only 1 sentence about the project and not even a link to the project.

Additional with the

scripts—basically "em dash" which is really popular among llm generated texts, i get a bad feeling about it.

[–] 1step@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Well, I'm no tech expert at all so I'm just trying to get things right. I might not be able to answer everything, but I'll do my best to get you an answer.

[–] statelesz@slrpnk.net 1 points 4 months ago (2 children)
[–] 1step@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Absolutelly vibecoding it with Cloude. I understand a bit of python and html but I'm no dev or technical professional at all. I just wanted to see if I could build something useful without much of technical expertise.

[–] markko@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

I appreciate you being honest in your response here.

I'd recommend adding this disclaimer to the post text and repo readme for complete transparency, and so anyone who doesn't want to use AI-generated projects can move on without creating arguments in the comments.

There are many genuine reasons to not trust code generated by LLMs, especially with anything network-connected or handling important data, so it's important to be upfront about it.

[–] ramielrowe@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

EDIT: removing this comment because I don't think you will use this feedback responsibly

[–] 1step@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Hi @ramielrowe thanks for the feedback, that's actually pretty good and I'll start using it. I understand that all this AI thing can be sloppy, and create more friction than good, but I'm really fascinated by how it can help people with little knowledge to build something that a few years ago would've been only possible by experts.

[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 0 points 4 months ago

for a very long time it was not only possible for experts. like, I would say the last 10-15 years, maybe even more. It's very harmful that people can now create things they don't even know how to check what it does, and they just assume this "sentient thing" actually produced what you wanted with no major flaws. thing is, you (or anyone else vibecoding things) won't be able to determine what is good or bad without taking the time and learning the building blocks, learning how they work and how they are supposed to be used.

also your comments look like AI generated comments, fake enthusiasm and all the rest. it does not inspire much confidence

[–] doeknius_gloek@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

100%, just take a quick look at the repo. I wish there was a rule in this community that requires a label for vibecoded apps.

[–] 1step@lemmy.world -1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It's not a bad idea at all to have a label so we could set expectations right. But don't be too harsh on me ;) Just being able to pull a functional app without much of experience is already a reasonable accomplishment is it?

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 months ago

accomplishment

Self made? Yes
AI made? Not really. It's asking your friend to do it and then punlish it under your own name and no credits given.

IMO: Nothing to be much proud of. You just steered a coding monkey

[–] zorro@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Cool project. Building something that exactly fits a problem you have is one of the most liberating parts of programming!

I wouldn't worry too much about the people mad about you using AI. It's a powerful tool and I would be silly to not make use of it. I guarantee that a everyone using the internet today has had their packets flow through some piece of "vibe code".

One of my favorite features is having the AI tool explain back what every part of the code does. I helps you build understanding of both the code itself and is an excellent place to find bugs!

Keep it up

Building something that exactly fits a problem you have is one of the most liberating parts of programming!

Sure, but they literally didn't build or program anything.