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177 sats \ 2 replies \ @optimism 8h \ on: How are you balancing newcomer training with drive-by LLM solution filtering? AI
Overall good answer, I think, though it really depends on what you're developing and with what language. I've accepted exactly 1 LLM contribution, but it was on a python repo, after the author cleaned up all the effing emojis.
More annoying to me still is people who feed issues to grok or gpt and then try to reap credit in issue comments. It's been happening more often since recent releases, and people apparently believe that maintainers don't notice the slop, or that they went zero to hero in 10 minutes using terminology they don't understand. People also get really upset if I say something about it, or when I even dare asking "did you test this?". I'm getting even less liked than I already was, but whatevs.
What I don't really see anymore in my own projects is this part:
I've had zero newcomers since April or so, where normally I'd have 2-3 a month.
it was surprising to me to see how many people submit PRs but say they haven't tested it. I try to test everything (as much as I can), even single line code changes, and wouldn't imagine submitting something for review without having done so.
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Took me years to get rid of "LGTM" culture in reviews, which ultimately heightened review quality. Now the pressure is on the submitter because no one will want a fight when their review on an untested PR breaks shit
It sucks that FOSS development brings much stress and isn't always newcomer friendly but if you have a massive installed base you have to deliver quality work and avoidable debt on your main branch is going to hurt.
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