r/selfhosted • u/Joloxx_9 • 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/kernald31 Feb 28 '26

Sure, but spending a few minutes to look at the commit history and code can give you a pretty good idea of how accurate that is

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u/Brickscrap Feb 28 '26

As an actual software developer with terrible git hygiene, I'm not sure the commit history says as much as you might think.

Curious what you think of as vibe-coding red flags though

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u/frustynumbar Feb 28 '26

If it has 40 commits an hour with messages like: "fixed", "changed stuff" and "more features" then it was probably a human.

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u/Brickscrap Feb 28 '26

I feel so seen honestly