Like most projects, I use AI for most of my work these days. It’s a tool, which helps me plan, research and code new ideas/features. It makes a lot of my work easier. I share the concerns about yolo/vibe-coded slop, but it’s who wields the hammer that matters. I’ve been a software engineer for 20+ years and you can check from my Github history that I’ve been doing this way before any AI hype. The idea and execution is 100% me. I’m building something I want, use, and care about myself.

I know I won’t change your mind here, and that’s fine. Don’t use it. But you might want to reconsider calling everything that uses AI garbage. By that standard you won’t be able to use any tech at all anymore. Chill out, touch grass and enjoy your day!

Sure, like most projects I use AI assistance a lot for most of my work these days, ngl. Its helps me plan, research and code new ideas/features and makes a lot of my work easier. Having said that, I fully understand and share people’s feelings about yolo, vibe-coded slop. I’ve been a software engineer for 20+ years. AI helps with a lot, but also feels like the honeymoon phase is wearing off actually. It doesn’t give me the joy of building stuff. I still test, review and ship everything myself. You can check my Github history that I’ve been doing this way before recent AI hype.

Either way, the idea and execution is 100% me. I’m building something I want, use, and care about myself. Whether I’ve used AI is not too relevant, imo. It’s that all alternatives have been caught selling your data (Unroll), heavily rely their centralized services or require you to give up your data in order to remove it. Which is ironic. Paperweight is the only tool I’m aware of that does this entirely local and is open-source.

P.S if its quality you’re worried about, Paperweight has been audited through Google’s CASA assessment and Apple’s developer verification (admittedly, not a super high bar).

Correct. But all code is there, so you can fork them out yourself if you want.