but look at our vibe code garbage fountain!

https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/06/16/we-found-the-missing-ai-apps-and-nobody-downloads-them/ - blog post

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• Writing code vs. shipping code: Productivity effects across generations of AI coding tools (PDF) https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w35275/w35275.pdf

Previously on Pivot to AI:

• If AI coding is so good ... where are the little apps? https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/09/09/if-ai-coding-is-so-good-where-are-the-little-apps/
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91% accurate means 9% made-up rubbish

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• How Accurate Are Google's A.I. Overviews? https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/technology/google-ai-overviews-accuracy.html
• Deutsches Gericht rasiert Googles "AI Overviews": Google haftet für unwahre KI-Antworten https://the-decoder.de/deutsches-gericht-rasiert-googles-ai-overviews-google-haftet-fuer-unwahre-ki-antworten/
• Endurteil (PDF) https://the-decoder.de/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/26_O_869_26_begl_Abschrift_Urteil_v_28_05_2026_Geschwaerzt_Geschwaerzt_Geschwaerzt.pdf
• German court holds Google liable for fake AI answers https://www.dw.com/en/german-court-holds-google-liable-for-fake-ai-answers/a-77527661

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36 commits by 'tridge and claude'

https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/06/03/rsync-goes-ai-slop-breaks-your-backups/ - blog post

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• rsync https://rsync.samba.org/
• So my systems recently updated to rsync 3.4.3 https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@JeremiahFieldhaven/116654345332213390
• OpenRsync https://www.openrsync.org/
• I plan to package openrsync this weekend in alpine as an alternative to rsync https://social.treehouse.systems/@ariadne/116659903024289081
• rsync: Consider reverting to pre-LLM version https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1138239
• rsync and outrage https://medium.com/@tridge60/rsync-and-outrage-d9849599e5a0
• Tridge returns to rsync https://lwn.net/Articles/968732/

Previously on Pivot to AI:

• Claude Mythos: the AI hacking model too good to release! Allegedly https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/04/09/claude-mythos-the-ai-hacking-model-too-good-to-release-allegedly/
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