The problem with AI slop projects is that I could just make my own version of this. All you did was ask the slop generator to make it.
With proper projects like nginx or sqlite there is a ton of knowledge and testing and iteration that has refined it over time. Slop is just a random shot in the dark. Is it a logical design? Who knows. Are there massive security issues? Almost certainly.
You don’t use SQLite because it’s hard to make a database, you use it because it’s hard to do it properly.
> All you did was ask the slop generator to make it.
Is this founded? I know it's popular to trash every new project that's built with AI in the pipeline somewhere, but there's a big difference between a project built by someone with years of experience writing software and some vibing a repo with Claude. Isn't it worth distinguishing between the two?
In the case of this project: a non-technical person couldn't even conceive of this product. So I think some kind of evidence should be presented before we say things like "Is it a logical design? Who knows."
EDIT: Taking a look at the source, it looks very good. https://github.com/losfair/zeroserve/blob/main/src/server.rs is an important part of the functionality, and it looks like it had a fair amount of attention paid to the implementation, including multiple refactors.
With proper projects like nginx or sqlite there is a ton of knowledge and testing and iteration that has refined it over time. Slop is just a random shot in the dark. Is it a logical design? Who knows. Are there massive security issues? Almost certainly.
You don’t use SQLite because it’s hard to make a database, you use it because it’s hard to do it properly.