Release v2.18.0 · binwiederhier/ntfy
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This is the biggest release I've ever done on the server. It's 14,997 added lines of code, and 10,202 lines removed, all from one pull request that adds PostgreSQL support. The code was written by ...

According to the release:

Adds experimental PostgreSQL support

The code was written by Cursor and Claude

14,997 added lines of code, and 10,202 lines removed

reviewed and heavily tested over 2-3 weeks

This makes me a bit uneasy, especially as ntfy is an internet facing service.

Am I overreacting or do you all share the same concern?

  • d15d@feddit.orgEnglish
    146·
    23 hours ago

    They are not even trusting it themselves. This is from the release notes

    I’ll not instantly switch ntfy.sh over. Instead, I’m kindly asking the community to test the Postgres support and report back to me if things are working

    Fuck that.

      • callmemagnus@lemmy.worldEnglish
        0·
        3 hours ago

        Consider a donation to help people providing you the open source software you seem to depend upon.

        Usage of a helper tool to perform tasks on code whether it is AI or the IDE internal features can reduce the work load of benevolent developers who has not asked you to use their softwares.

        Maybe the language was not appropriate but get real. With the little revenue generated by the usage of people complaining, the use of AI agentic coding might be the only way to being features without pushing benevolent devs to burnout.

      • Railcar8095@lemmy.worldEnglish
        331·
        21 hours ago

        Test in production is the best. We spent months warning from data bugs and nobody bat an eye (upstream bug, not our responsibility but we noticed) When it was d launched in prod we just pointed out the bug that nobody fixed was still there and immediately a war room was formed and the bug fixed within an hour.

        It honestly seems more efficient to let shit hit the fan than to fight everybody to do their job.

        • hornedfiend@piefed.socialEnglish
          1·
          2 hours ago

          Testing in production is the most idiotic last 10 years or so concept, which is mainly driven by incompetence of project managers.

          Imagine if you get sold a car by a company, for 100k, then it start having major issues and the car company tell you: “we’ll fix it”.

          While that does not necessarily apply to software or services or webapps, the logic still stands. You are selling bugs to people. Bugs that could have been cought, with some risk management and planning.

        • x00z@lemmy.worldEnglish
          27·
          21 hours ago

          You’re implying a shitty capitalist company that nobody cares for if it burns down. A tool like this though that is self-hosted by a lot of people (29.1k stars on GH!) and that is internet-facing is very different.

        • Mirror Giraffe@piefed.socialEnglish
          41·
          21 hours ago

          For sure, the song of the hero who fixed the production bug is oft sang at meetings but the loser who prevented the bug to begin with gets no credit.