Flathub now prohibits applications containing any AI-generated or AI-assisted code, documentation, or other content.
I would say this is a huge kick in the shins because AI is everywhere in coding now but I don’t think flathub is used that much anyway? I can’t think of anything I’ve been like, holy hell I better go to flathub to get this app, I can’t get it anywhere else
Just because they‘re used everywhere doesn’t mean that we just have to accept them. Also doesn’t mean that LLMs are a good thing.
I think LLMs can be used as an (additional!) cyber security analysis tool, that’s honestly the only area in which it seems to be actually useful (right now). And most projects don’t reach the size in which spotting security risks spanning across many different modules is a relevant skill to have. So it should be used sparingly, on things like the linux kernel. Then the cost of it might even be worth it (but I also don’t want to know about the amount of hallucinated bugs it finds).
And I want to add: even though LLMs can identify cybersecurity risks, it doesn’t mean they are good at cybersecurity. They’re probably just as bad as in any other area. Also questionable if the actual positives outweigh the labor required to flag all the false-positives.
I think the policy was made in good faith to stop vibe coded apps from being added, but there are actual developers using AI to speed up development. It can help fill in with weaknesses that slow developers down.
It can help fill in with weaknesses that slow developers down.
No no no no…
You don’t want AI replacing devs where they’re “weak”. That is literally the worst thing you can do with AI. All that does is mean the devs aren’t qualified to assess and debug those portions of code. The solution to devs being “weak” in an area is for them to gain experience doing that task.
Some programmers use AI to make boilerplate code they can easily check to save time without much issue. That’s about the only thing you can use AI for in software development with little risk without taking up excessive time checking/fixing what it shits out.
It’s the main flatpak repo, so it does get a lot of use on Linux. Anyway, people who really want those apps will just have to add a third party repo most likely.
I would say this is a huge kick in the shins because AI is everywhere in coding now but I don’t think flathub is used that much anyway? I can’t think of anything I’ve been like, holy hell I better go to flathub to get this app, I can’t get it anywhere else
Just because they‘re used everywhere doesn’t mean that we just have to accept them. Also doesn’t mean that LLMs are a good thing.
I think LLMs can be used as an (additional!) cyber security analysis tool, that’s honestly the only area in which it seems to be actually useful (right now). And most projects don’t reach the size in which spotting security risks spanning across many different modules is a relevant skill to have. So it should be used sparingly, on things like the linux kernel. Then the cost of it might even be worth it (but I also don’t want to know about the amount of hallucinated bugs it finds).
And I want to add: even though LLMs can identify cybersecurity risks, it doesn’t mean they are good at cybersecurity. They’re probably just as bad as in any other area. Also questionable if the actual positives outweigh the labor required to flag all the false-positives.
I think the policy was made in good faith to stop vibe coded apps from being added, but there are actual developers using AI to speed up development. It can help fill in with weaknesses that slow developers down.
No no no no…
You don’t want AI replacing devs where they’re “weak”. That is literally the worst thing you can do with AI. All that does is mean the devs aren’t qualified to assess and debug those portions of code. The solution to devs being “weak” in an area is for them to gain experience doing that task.
Some programmers use AI to make boilerplate code they can easily check to save time without much issue. That’s about the only thing you can use AI for in software development with little risk without taking up excessive time checking/fixing what it shits out.
It’s what Bazaar uses on Bazzite.
It’s the main flatpak repo, so it does get a lot of use on Linux. Anyway, people who really want those apps will just have to add a third party repo most likely.