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Some of it is pure backlash against AI, but there's still solid reasoning for not allowing it.

A lot of the little vibe coded self hosted utilities were made by folks with zero software development experience, over a weekend. These are apps where people need to be able to trust them to be exposed to the internet, and trust them with their data. Allowing zero-experience, purely vibe coded software in this environment is a recipe for disaster.

I've no problem with folks vibing their own little tools for use at home, but that doesn't mean it needs to be shared, and it a lot of cases, it probably shouldn't unless you really know what you are doing.



> A lot of the little vibe coded self hosted utilities were made by folks with zero software development experience, over a weekend.

That doesn't change anything IMO.

Software is not defined by how long it takes to make.

Software is not defined by how hard it was to make.

Software is not defined by what pen it was crafted with.

If you want to make a rule against poor or low-quality submissions or poorly reviewed code, just do that.


> These are apps where people need to be able to trust them to be exposed to the internet

Are they though? I'd argue the vast majority of even non-AI coded projects talked about on r/selfhosted are ones you would not want exposed publicly, even if they are in theory relatively secure.




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