Hey all,
I was looking for a Youtube downloader to self-host, and when I found one that looked really great, it was no longer functional. So, I vibe-coded a new one.
Hermes is a front end app and a REST API for yt-dlp.
This is fully functional but I just got it on Github so give me a few days to publish images. But, feel free to clone it down now and build it yourself!
Hokay. So docker does run as root. Podman can run rootless, but docker does run as root.
So if you have any vulnerabilities in your code, like say remote code execution, than your app already has access to root.
Also, don’t pretend like your shit don’t stink. My code has bugs. And I’ve been at this a a decade. Your vibe coded thing isnt going to be secure because you probably don’t even know how to make it secure if you don’t know docker runs as root.
Here’s where I interject my opnion
Its fine to do this for yourself. If you wanted to hear how great your AI produced slop go to LinkedIn.
When you share things to be used by others, you have a responsibility yourself. How will you monitor and package up security updates? What kind of depenecinies do you have? Are they up to date? Do they have any CVEs?
There’s so much more to publishing than good intentions. Its fine to do something like this for yourself. But to publish and then absolve yourself of any responsibility is not a way to get taken seriously.
No to be clear, open source code owes you absolutely nothing at all and has zero responsibilities. It’s important that you know that.
Personally, whether or not this will be maintained in the future is the biggest reason why I’m unlikely to try this. If the main developer vibe-coded it up, then in my book there’s a lower chance that the codebase will be maintained in the future.
If your response to “How will you maintain this?” is “nothing is owed”, it really cements the idea that this will not be maintained.
If an application is unlikely to be maintained in the future, then the risk-reward ratio will rarely justify me incorporating it into my workflow.
He did add to the prompt “make it secure and maintain it” so He’s good.
Sure, you’re providing some code for free. Obviously you don’t owe anyone anything. But conversely, nobody owes you their time or attention just because you wrote something.
If you want people to actually use your code, you probably need to take some responsibility. And listen to the criticisms others have shared here.
And it’s important to know, if that’s your attitude, your gonna get laughed out of every open source circle.