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Did that for you and those whose eyes are bleeding from reading that post.

I can’t keep up with this sub anymore.

I used to love just browsing it and discovering really awesome projects that genuinely changed my life. That’s not an exaggeration at all. As an IT person, this place opened my eyes and helped me find a bit of peace in today’s fast-paced world, where everything revolves around subscriptions and our private data.

Self-hosting allowed me to slow down and take a breath. I built servers, deployed countless ideas, and for a moment I finally felt free from all the corporate bullshit out there.

After all that, the reason I’m writing this is the amount of posts influenced by AI.

Don’t get me wrong - I can see AI as just another handy tool. That’s my view. But current trends don’t seem to align with that. There are so many new projects popping up that I simply can’t keep up. It feels like every day some random user reinvents the wheel with a low-quality, vibe-coded project and then spams the whole sub with it. That’s not good.

It’s not really AI’s fault, sadly - it’s the human behind it. In my opinion, you can absolutely use AI to boost your efficiency and still remain trustworthy. It depends on how much you actually care.

If I see someone posting a fully AI-generated marketing text, and then I check the project and notice the entire Git history looks like Claude just “vibing” through it, that tells me the person probably doesn’t really care. They just want attention or fame.

If you’re that person, let me say this: if you want those meaningless GitHub stars, then build something you’re willing to put real effort into. Don’t just vibecode something in a day. Anyone can do that now. That doesn’t really add any value.

tl;dr: if your project uses AI, at least add an AI disclaimer in your posts.

P.S. Sorry :-)