Rimu@piefed.social to Programming@programming.devEnglish · 2 months agoRsync author responds to online outrage about his usage of LLMsmedium.comexternal-linkmessage-square238linkfedilinkarrow-up1275arrow-down19file-textcross-posted to: lobsters
arrow-up1266arrow-down1external-linkRsync author responds to online outrage about his usage of LLMsmedium.comRimu@piefed.social to Programming@programming.devEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square238linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: lobsters
Seems like he’s been pushed into using LLMs as a way to cope with the deluge of LLM-generated security reports.
minus-squaredeltapi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 months agoThis is the guy who accidentally forced the creation of git, by reverse engineering the BitKeeper protocol and getting all the Linux kernel developers’ licenses revoked. Chaotic Good energy.
minus-squareJamonBear@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoSo i dug up a bit about Andrew Tridgell: The reverse engineering details: https://lwn.net/Articles/132938/ License offering and revocation: https://github.com/CuriousCurmudgeon/history_of_vcs/blob/master/06_bitkeeper.md
This is the guy who accidentally forced the creation of git, by reverse engineering the BitKeeper protocol and getting all the Linux kernel developers’ licenses revoked. Chaotic Good energy.
So i dug up a bit about Andrew Tridgell: