- This project is not "vibe-coded", by some of your definitions. PRs using AI are met with more scrutiny than handwritten PRs
- Accepting LLM generated submissions is not synonymous with developing zerobrew with little to no care. To me, it is non-conducive to reject a simple 50 line trivial bug fix, for example, because I have personal feelings about how LLMs should interact with an OSS.
- No, the README is not LLM generated.
- We are abundantly transparent about how we use Homebrew's bottle farm to take create a faster "client". I do not want this to be muddled: zerobrew would literally NOT exist without homebrew and if it ever makes a large enough dent in their bandwidth, I am happy to foot the bill for a mirror in the future.
- brew-rs existed as an experiment to do this directly in coordination with Homebrew that failed and was soon archived. I would have loved to continue work there, but zerobrew is the better route for a greenfield project offering a faster alternative IMO.
- We need maintainers / contributors.
Also, it seems that people think this is some hostile takeover or that we are intending to compete with Homebrew in some fashion. That is fucking silly. It is a fun project, that in my opinion is pretty nice to use. No one is forcing anyone to use it, but again, if you'd like something else other than Homebrew, it's here. It's also completely encouraged, and even supported, to run Homebrew alongside zerobrew.
I am honestly happy to answer any questions that anyone may have. I think the sentiment is that this is some vibe coded slop, which I'd argue it probably was earlier this year. But since taking over as the sole maintainer some months ago, I have put genuine effort into making it worth using / looking into. I hope that comes across as so for people who see this.
Ok thanks bye.