+1 to second Adam's mention of https://github.com/databasus/databasus/issues/145
My take aways are: 1. All devs are using AI or assisted coding in some form (see IDE autocomplete) - not a problem 2. Many devs are using AI tooling to help be more productive, new code snippets are proposed and reviewed, - not a problem as long as it is human in the middle and maybe this doesn't need to be disclosed as it is becoming common practice 3. Some devs are using AI tools to vibe code which is taken as "I don't understand what the code does" .... but that may or may not be the case - It should be disclosed in my view. 4. Some agentic models are creating slop code and posting to projects without humans involved - NOT OK. Disallowed. Spam of a different color On Tue, Jan 20, 2026 at 10:43 AM Adam Monsen <[email protected]> wrote: > It sure is interesting watching this space evolve. > > I wanted to share a related recent experience of mine that gives me both > concern and hope, and has led me to a further recommendation for > contributors. First, please review this tiny PR in the repo for the > fineract.apache.org website: > > https://github.com/apache/fineract-site/pull/43 > > There's more conversation than code change in that PR, so it's a simple > one to characterize as some form of incompetence, be it human or AI. The > initial description is mostly incorrect: The font file is found (using > the provided grep test!), and an .xcf source file is deleted that is useful > for future edits to the derived .png file. The responses from > @Nitinkamlesh mostly didn't make sense, and they dropped comms altogether > when I asked direct questions about AI. > > I'm concerned that this was done without transparency. Had they opened > with "I'm an AI, here's how/why I'm doing this, here's how to work with the > human operator" it would have been much easier and faster to resolve, and > would have engendered rather than destroyed trust. > > The part that gives me hope is that I didn't use any new/fancy AI detector > tool and I didn't need to. I think we can double down on fundamentals to > immunize ourselves to future malicious or incompetent behavior. > > To my previous suggestions in Re: Ai assisted Dev on Apache Fineract > <https://lists.apache.org/thread/q1fnzbodv5rbxjogmnxktpwvbb4qjp54>, I'd > add as a general recommendation/reminder to all contributors: *Be > transparent*. Share your env/tooling/experiences. Ask for help as you > scour docs, code, PRs, issues, check with actual users, chat, email, write > spikes, run builds/tests, write new tests, and all that with and without > AI. This is foundational computer science and FOSS community competence we > should all seek to continually improve at. >
