Have you ever found a GitHub project or anything that seemed nice and tempting to install until you dug a bit deeper?

What are some red flags that should detur anyone from installing and running something?

  • Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    22·
    6 天前

    inline comments pointlessly describing some change, as if you want to know what that block of code used to do more than what it actually does?

    Oh, shit, am AI.

      • Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        3·
        6 天前

        Exactly. I worked on a interface where the elements where shift under conflicting business interests. The comments where a log of dates, person, and what they asked for as we worked on our side to build a case against the insanity.

        The comments listed not only what it clearly did but also what it had previously done. Then inevitably something comes in hours before a launch window and that part does not get its comment updated.