Author says on reddit that it’s vibe coded. Boo.
So… he vibe coded it, hit a bug he couldn’t fix, and said, fuck it, it’s a feature.
Hit a bug The AI couldn’t fix
The coder also couldn’t fix it. Or wouldn’t.
people who wibecode are not coders, they generally have no idea what the text does that the llm spouts to them.
Yes, because this is critical production code that is clearly too important to not go through stringent review.
It could have at least been a fun learning experience for the developer, but instead they just wrote some text and let the computer program it.
It’s absolutely possible to learn a lot while using an AI coding assistant; it can be like having a patient and supportive Stack Overflow instead of one that just closes all your questions as duplicates. That does require using it intentionally though.
That’s not what vibecoding is. Vibecoding is literally what I said and not just it being an assistant.
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Butting in to say: you’re more charitable than most. These days it seems like having a simple Bayesian/heuristic comment validator installed is enough to call a codebase “vibe coded” (read: silly overreactive moralisms).
While I don’t use LLMs for code generation personally (yet), IMHO unreviewed code is unreviewed code. It’s no better or worse for being written by a junior learning the ropes, a senior beanbag coder, or the hottest frontier mix of experts.
If it’s unreviewed, that means no one has taken responsibility for it, and so it doesn’t belong in any codebase without that giant disclaimer front and center.
It even specifically requires GPS location unlike other messengers. Boo.
Should’ve just used IP location so users could simply pick different VPN servers to simulate either a quick flap across town or a brutal multi-week transcontinental migratory path
Anything worth doing is worth reviewing.
What if it becomes the next twitter?
I mean the name is available now, isn’t it?
Did they post the source code? That just sounds like one of us lemmings needs to unvibe code the source.
TCP/Avion
EDIT: Meh, they’ve removed the example picture for “packet loss”.
But then there’s this:
The one time anyone implemented the original “Packet Transmission over Avian Carriers” RFC, 45% of the packets (= 45% of the pigeons) were lost.
Sounds about right.
sending your texts by virtual carrier pigeon.
I’m tired of these virtuals taking jobs away from real working pigeons.
Funnily enough transferring data by pigeon is still the fastest method, beating pretty much any kind of connection.
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/yes-a-pigeon-is-still-faster-than-gigabit-fiber-internet
Sometimes, sure. It depends on the speed of the connection, the distance, and the number of files and their sizes transferring. In some cases transferring from a USB stick can be barely faster than than downloading to the point of being not worth the effort of walking in to another room to get the stick laying there with the data already on it.
Who is faster definitely depends on speed yes
Obviously. We’ve all used the internet. Everyone knows it takes a few milliseconds to ping someone on the other side of the planet. No one thinks a pigeon can travel that fast. Also, yeah, transferring off the device may take longer, but we don’t include unpacking files in download speed, for example. It just counts when the data arrives.
Some people see clickbaity headlines like that and think it means that using a pigeon would always be faster, since it’s the implication the headline gives.
If the files are packed on the pigeon delivered USB we’d need to transfer them to the drive and then unpack them as well. That’s a step that would be needed regardless of delivery method, but transferring the files to the computer is a step only needed for the pigeon delivery method.
I thought loading a truck with tons of TB hard drives had the highest “bandwidth”… high latency, though.
That’s a hell of a pigeon that can fly at 192mph
Oh they’re actually flying coach. 192 is just the average, it takes time to get through the airport.
Supersonic feathertr0nic?
So just UDP?
sometimes the bird just dies
Isn’t this how one of the subplots of Daggerfall started?
Merida’s voice: “A NEW HAND TOUCHES THE DEAD RAVEN!”
Actually that may have fixed my “loot all” compulsion several games earlier.
I love this idea. We need more whimsical technology.
I’ve been using it to talk to my brother for the past few weeks, and it’s super fun! I really enjoy imagining a bird flying hundreds of miles to deliver my very important meme
Can’t get away from packet loss
AI (Avian Intelligence). Nobody truly knows how it works.
How is this different from roos.social?
Seems like a really fun tool for a play by post type game.
It’s a fun idea but not that useful outside of giving news outlets something quirky to report on
