Stop Slopware

Summary

IF THIS LINK WAS FOR YOU I know sites like these can feel dismissive and passive-aggressive. But this isn’t meant to be an attack, just a shove in the right direction. If someone thinks your project is slopware, don’t despair, you have a chance to fix your work and prove them wrong! SLOPWARE IS SOFTWARE THAT low effort is careless or sloppy in construction buried under heaps of noise unmaintainable These problems are made drastically worse when you use AI incorrectly. IF YOU’RE A BEGINNER being inexperienced is fine bad code is fine learning in public is fine AI overuse hurts you: if you’re doing this for your own learning: you will learn better without AI. if you genuinely believe in the utility of the software you made, write about it yourself. AI advertisements sound disingenuous and are an instant turn-off. FIXING YOUR PROJECT slow down cut the clutter rewrite the parts you understand learn the parts you don’t make it so you can reason about every detail DO THIS FOR NEW PROJECTS solve one real problem, cleanly keep the scope small and maintainable write the README yourself, even if it’s imperfect only use AI sparingly and intentionally, if at all WHY THIS WEBSITE To those tired of seeing slopware everywhere: you’re not alone. Writing the same feedback under every noisy, AI-padded repo gets exhausting. You have better things to do with your time; and yet, it’s important to inform project authors why their work isn’t being received well. stopslopware.net exists to fill this need. So, the next time you find yourself scrolling past a slopware announcement post you’re too drained to critique, consider dropping a link to this site instead. It’s quick, it’s honest, and with any luck, the author will take a moment to reflect on how they can do better. P.S. For a more detailed discussion, consider reading the article your project sucks. stopslopware.net is a love letter to FOSS, and dedicated to the public domain under the CC0 license. Open source on Codeberg and hosted ...