cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/50693956

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A post by [object Object] (@[email protected]) saying: courtesy of @[email protected], Proton is now the only privacy vendor I know of that vibe codes its apps: In the single most damning thing I can say about Proton in 2025, the Proton GitHub repository has a “cursorrules” file. They’re vibe-coding their public systems. Much secure! I am once again begging anyone who will listen to get off of Proton as soon as reasonably possible, and to avoid their new (terrible) apps in any case. https://circumstances.run/@davidgerard/114961415946154957

It has a reply by the author saying: in an unsurprising update for those familiar with how Proton operates, they silently rewrote their monorepo’s history to purge .cursor and hide that they were vibe coding: https://github.com/ProtonMail/WebClients/tree/2a5e2ad4db0c84f39050bf2353c944a96d38e07f

given the utter lack of communication from Proton on this, I can only guess they’ve extracted .cursor into an external repository and continue to use it out of sight of the public

  • e8d79@discuss.tchncs.deOPM
    102·
    7 hours ago

    The second you allow slop generator use into your code base the quality takes a nosedive. People claim to review their slop but I have seen it often enough, all they are doing is hitting accept all without even reading half of the generated code. This isn’t “just a tool” this is technical debt as a service.

    Also Hackernews is ridiculous den of techbros, libertarians, AI maximalists and temporarily embarrassed founders who think they stand to gain the most from hyping up slop generators. Trusting them with anything related to AI is like asking the CEO of Microsoft if you should use Windows or Linux.