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Proton is vibe coding some of its apps. (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 weeks ago by irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/50693956

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A post by [object Object] (@zzt@mas.to) saying: courtesy of @davidgerard@circumstances.run, Proton is now the only privacy vendor I know of that vibe codes its apps: In the single most damning thing I can say about Proton in 2025, the Proton GitHub repository has a “cursorrules” file. They’re vibe-coding their public systems. Much secure! I am once again begging anyone who will listen to get off of Proton as soon as reasonably possible, and to avoid their new (terrible) apps in any case. https://circumstances.run/@davidgerard/114961415946154957

It has a reply by the author saying: in an unsurprising update for those familiar with how Proton operates, they silently rewrote their monorepo’s history to purge .cursor and hide that they were vibe coding: https://github.com/ProtonMail/WebClients/tree/2a5e2ad4db0c84f39050bf2353c944a96d38e07f

given the utter lack of communication from Proton on this, I can only guess they’ve extracted .cursor into an external repository and continue to use it out of sight of the public

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[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

I thought this was the gaming compatibility layer at first

[–] pheggs@feddit.org 3 points 2 weeks ago

self-hosting email, text based clients and a deeper understanding of the protocol made me start to love email. I didn't think it was possible to love email.

[–] Mio@feddit.nu 3 points 2 weeks ago

I dont see any problem with AI coding. It can be done without the editor supporting it by just asking for a function like please implement a sort function given a list of numbers.

Proton code is open source, so all AI agents have already read everything. You as user just have to do the code review, fix it and test. I am not seeing any problem here.

[–] cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone -1 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

not surprising when you know who andy yen is.

[–] alsaaas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago

Please learn nuance before falling into mob mentality

https://m.opnxng.com/@ovenplayer/does-proton-really-support-trump-a-deeper-analysis-and-surprising-findings-aed4fee4305e

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