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kuma
@actualkuma.dev

I've been seeing some shinydex drama that's kinda been annoying me. GenAI usage with programming is not on the same level as it is for generating, music, art or stories. Because it was not foundationally created on stolen content in the same way it is for those mediums. 1/5

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kuma
@actualkuma.dev

Artificial intelligence has been created by computer programmers who then have used their skills and knowledge to train the AI. I cannot say for sure that nothing was stolen because I do not work for any of those companies. 2/5

kuma
@actualkuma.dev

But I can for sure say that the 99.99% for this purpose was either from people willingly training the AI or from open source origins where the software is free to use and modify and open to everyone. 3/5

kuma
@actualkuma.dev

Anyways shinydex is a one man project which is obscenely complicated and involves so many parts and Ben should be congratulated for the work he has done and not shunned for creating the service he has created for the shiny hunting community because there has been some use of Claude Code. 4/5

kuma
@actualkuma.dev

I don't know if people realised but shinydex is not Ben's main job, it's a fun side project he has built for the good of the community. Ben does not run shinydex to profit off shiny hunters, he does it because he loves the community and the hobby. 5/5