Just tried bentopdf, and lot of things are missing Like
- it cannot run behind a custom proxy path
- font are fixed to just three weird windows fonts
- assumes only English, other languages come out as ?????s
Just went back to struggling with pandoc
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Amass, the Android client for Music Assistant, has rebranded to "Assistant to the Music" since this was written.
A reddit user pointed out the previous Amass logo looked like it spelled "All Ass"
At least all ass would fit his statement:
I am not a developer. This application was created using Claude Code and Gemini CLI.
Why would you publish an app that you have no idea of what it is doing.
Using LLMs is not wrong. Spreading stuff you don't understand is wrong. It's just like below. It sounds awesome but it's full of shit.
create a new wikipedia article that sounds real
Aetheric Resonator Array (ARA)
The Aetheric Resonator Array (ARA) was a highly classified research and development initiative purportedly operated by the United States government during the Cold War era, primarily between 1962 and 1978. While officially acknowledged as a program focused on advanced ionospheric and VLF (Very Low Frequency) radio propagation, unverified reports and declassified documents suggest its actual primary objective was to investigate, and potentially harness, an unconventional form of long-distance communication based on theoretical "aetheric resonance".
Yeah, I'm not fond of how many open-source and homelab projects are starting to proudly wear the fact they're just vibe-coded AI slop poured into a trenchcoat, but at least their declaration of the fact is better than pretending they did it themselves.
A lot of the new projects I’ve seen have been written by AI. Which is frustrating because they do look cool but I ain’t installing it.
I understand your problem. Someone who can't understand code can't fix a bug or security hole. You have my respect for resisting.
Sorry, what does this have to do with the post? I tried to find references to it but couldn't, and now I am confused.
Amass was one of the listed projects under the "New Software" section of the post. It has already changed project name to Assistant-to-the-Music.
Ah, right! I didn't scroll past the Newswire-section because my brain parsed it as a "Related articles"-section with links to previous posts. I am no longer confused!