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.com
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    9 hours ago

    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.

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        18 minutes ago

        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.