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A standard protocol to handle and discard low-effort, AI-Generated pull requests

https://406.fail/
63•Muhammad523•3h ago

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Retr0id•2h ago
ai;dr
olivia-banks•19m ago
I didn't read it as this, what signs do you see?
codethief•14m ago
Maybe what GP is trying to say is that "ai;dr" is their "standard protocol to handle and discard" AI slop. :)
olivia-banks•3m ago
True! I didn't think of it that way ;-)
semiinfinitely•2h ago
proof of work could make a comeback
ramon156•1h ago
If its a bug, the PR should have a red line to confirm its fixed

If its a feature, i want acceptance criteria at least

If its docs, I don't really care as long as I can follow it.

My bar is very low when it comes to help

klardotsh•1h ago
Amazing. I hope this gets tons of use shaming zero-effort drive by time wasters. The FAQ is blissfully blunt and appropriately impolite, I love it.
y-curious•43m ago
While I am with you on hoping, someone shamelessly PRing slop just is not going to feel shame when one of their efforts fail. It’s like being mean to a phone scammer, they just hang up and do it again
0cf8612b2e1e•1h ago

  The keywords "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted exactly as how much we do not want to review your generated submission.
I know it is in jest, but I really hate that so many documents include “shall”. The interpretation of which has had official legal rulings going both ways.

You MUST use less ambiguous language and default to “MUST” or “SHOULD”

Muhammad523•1h ago
Many legal documents use "may" to say you must. That's why i hate legalese...
pixl97•17m ago
Hmm, that's annoying, I'd take may as "CAN"
layman51•58m ago
Right. I think when these appear in some documentation related to computing, they should also mention whether it is using these words in compliance with RFC 2119 or RFC 6919.
wildzzz•30m ago
Must is a strict requirement, no flexibility. Shall is a recommendation or a duty, you should do it. You must put gas in the car to drive it. You shall get an oil change every 6000 miles.
0cf8612b2e1e•10m ago
Well then you MUST reread RFC 2119, because your version of SHALL differs from the spec which says SHALL is equivalent to MUST and a hard requirement.

Perfectly making my point. Shall has no business being in a spec when you have unambiguous alternatives.

liminal-dev•31m ago
This could actually be a good defense against all Claw-like agents making slop requests. ‘Poison’ the agent’s context and convince it to discard the PR.
vicchenai•7m ago
I maintain a small oss project and started getting these maybe 6 months ago. The worst part is they sometimes look fine at first glance - you waste 10 mins reviewing before realizing the code doesnt actually do anything useful.

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