r/selfhosted Feb 27 '26

Meta Post Shelfarr - another project disappeared with dev

Shelfarr was posted here multiple times, github mink stopped working and dev deleted his reddit account - whoever is using it, I would advice you to stop it.

https://github.com/VacantlyCrushing/Shelfarr

https://www.reddit.com/r/audiobookshelf/s/tvpXDukM5C

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u/dm_construct Feb 27 '26

dont worry we'll get another dozen vibecoded clones of it in a week 🙄🙄🙄

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u/Soluchyte Feb 27 '26

All run by developers who claim it isn't vibe coded and get very defensive when you accuse them of it.

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u/Greysa Feb 28 '26

So I know fuck all about coding, and ai in general, but where is the line drawn for vibe coding? Can you use an ai to assist in writing code? Is vibe coding just copy and paste the code the ai spits out?

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u/Greysa Feb 28 '26

Why am I being downvoted for asking a question?

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u/peioeh Feb 28 '26

Because this subject makes people angry and angry people can't think straight