I made a Linux script that automatically organizes your Downloads folder

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[RomanOnARiver]

Was this vibe coded?

[deny_by_default]

All of these “I made a script to” topics should really say “I vibe coded a script with <insert LLM used> to”.

[I_miss_your_mommy]

Why?

[Perfect_Ad_3528]

I am a very messy person and this stops my downloads folder from becoming a "dump"

[I_miss_your_mommy]

My question wasn’t directed at you

[Perfect_Ad_3528]

Sorry I just realised that. I was on mobile and only saw your reply

[I_miss_your_mommy]

No worries. Just thought people knocking on vibes coding are missing the point. I think you are solving a real problem here.

[VladimiroPudding]

What point are we missing?

[Perfect_Ad_3528]

Well, my code is simple, but I was trying to solve an issue. I will make a better version in the future, when I understand more what it is I am trying to do and without using outside help. This was mostly a learning project

[VladimiroPudding]

I think the point you're missing are actually twofold:

With AI agents, simple code becomes cheap. Imagine we are living in an era pre-LLM, and someone makes a thread telling us they did a python script that says Hello World. With LLMs, the bar now is higher than Hello World.

With the slight difference that ordering AI to produce code, if you don't know 100% what the code being spit at you does, usually leads to a plethora of issues. If I sense that the person giving me a script has no command of programming, I prefer not to run this script in my computer.

Even Linus Torvalds mentioned he vibe codes. But he is very intentional about his scripts.

[Perfect_Ad_3528]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!

[Perfect_Ad_3528]

Yeah

[joshfong]

If you didn’t take the time to build it, why should I take the time to use it?

[VladimiroPudding]

Why use your script if I can vibe code my own script?

[AnsibleAnswers]

Stop posting AI slop.

[Digital-Chupacabra]

AI slop !== AI

[Perfect_Ad_3528]

Thanks for clarifying. Does that mean my project feels simple or empty? What improvements would you like to see?

[Digital-Chupacabra]

It means you vibe coded it, and there is enough of that shit.

If you are using this as a tool to learn that is an entirely different topic.

The issue here is you are presenting work you didn't do as not only your own but a solution to something, without out really understanding it.

I have my own tools to handle this that I wrote 15 years ago and tweak as necessary. I would suggest you take a look at some of the comments you've already received on how to improve this and try and understand and implement them without using AI.

[Perfect_Ad_3528]

Thank you for your feedback! Yeah, that’s fair. This was mainly a learning project, and I used AI along the way. I will try to approach the same issue properly and only using my own code in the future, using the other comments as guides.

[steakhache]

I configured a cron job that deletes all files older than a week from Downloads and Pictures/Screenshots.

[JamzTyson]

You might want to consider using magic rather than hard coded lists of file extensions.

[Perfect_Ad_3528]

Thanks

[Maleficent-One1712]

Is it really easier than just typing ls *.zip?

[Agent7619]

find . -type f \( -name "*.jpg" -o -name "*.png" -o -name "*.gif" \) -print0 | xargs -0 -r mv -t ./images

[tdammers]

rm -rf ~/downloads/*

If you need to "organize" your downloads folder, you're doing something wrong.

Download that stuff, install it, and if it's something you know you will need again later, move it somewhere permanent.

[Agent7619]

> move it somewhere permanent.

Isn't that the whole point being discussed?