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**#A quick edit to address something important and provide a disclaimer: **

Thank you all for your feedback! This project was "vibecoded" with Cloude AI and serves more as a "proof of concept" for what could be achieved with AI assistance. I'm just a tech enthusiast, and I'm excited to continue exploring new possibilities. I understand there’s a real concern about “AI Slop,” but that's exactly why I’m sharing this project with you all so that experts who are interested in the idea can offer guidance or even help improve it.

I’ve noticed that many people with home labs prefer to update their applications manually instead of relying on other apps that automate the process. Often, they have to check each one individually. That’s where Vigil comes in. The primary function of Vigil is to centralize the information and give users clear visibility of which applications are outdated, their current version, and the newer version available from several sources. This way, you can decide what and when to update.

To be honest, I hope it ends up being useful to others as it is for me.

If you have a few minutes, I’d really appreciate you trying it out and leaving a review or suggestions on the repo or even here. I'd do my best to answer most of the comments.

REPO: https://github.com/kumucode/vigil.git

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[–] Konraddo@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Thanks for the proof of concept. I suppose it's essentially a self-hosted version of newreleases.io?

[–] 1step@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

That's pretty cool, I've never heard about newreleases.io I might take a look at it later. Thanks

[–] wrinkle2409@lemmy.cafe 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I've been looking for a dashboard for my containers, might test it out later

[–] 1step@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Sounds great, I've just released a small update after some feedback here. There's still a lot to be done, but let me know what you think once you test it.

[–] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:

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Git Popular version control system, primarily for code
IP Internet Protocol
VPS Virtual Private Server (opposed to shared hosting)

3 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 16 acronyms.

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[–] zorro@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Cool project. Building something that exactly fits a problem you have is one of the most liberating parts of programming!

I wouldn't worry too much about the people mad about you using AI. It's a powerful tool and I would be silly to not make use of it. I guarantee that a everyone using the internet today has had their packets flow through some piece of "vibe code".

One of my favorite features is having the AI tool explain back what every part of the code does. I helps you build understanding of both the code itself and is an excellent place to find bugs!

Keep it up

Building something that exactly fits a problem you have is one of the most liberating parts of programming!

Sure, but they literally didn't build or program anything.

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