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!
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.