10 pointsby joseph8th9 hours ago2 comments
  • Anonbrit4 hours ago
    There's a painful amount of hyperbole and even lies in the README, for fairly mediocre code using very out of date style. Doesn't even manage to install on a mac out of the box.

    If it had said "A quick tool to mirror the ice wiki for days retention purposes" then it would have been accurate and honest. If it had used a generic format rather than a database, and included a torrent link asking for more seeders, it would have been valuable. Instead it's painful

  • joseph8th9 hours ago
    Since ICE List is a MediaWiki site, it can have an API. I asked various AIs to write a web app that would scrape and mirror the data on the ICE List wiki.

    The AI made a fast, bare-bones interface to the cloned data. I prompted it to make a nice README with instructions on how to host your own clone.

    Once data is distributed, it's hard to destroy.

    Disclaimer: I just prompted this. I didn't actually write it.

    • snakeboy9 hours ago
      > Installation Process Enhanced by AI

      Proceeds to use requirements.txt in 2026...

      Old habits die hard for our LLM overlords. But at least it sure knows how to market itself!