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> the genai content on the website is just so distracting and such a bummer

That's harsh. Consider English might not be the author's first language (I see Chinese on the screenshots). Just opening the site I get all the info I need from the text (local first, no account, no telemetry, that's great), install instructions are immediately visible, there are screenshots, even the config file format is one scroll away. This is a great landing page for an open source tool.



> Consider English might not be the author's first language

This is clearly LLM-written text, not something that the author asked an LLM to translate from a different language. Not sure how the author's first language is relevant.


The author may very well be working in Mandarin or something and asked it to create an english language explanation of the project. Then the LLM generated the text based on their request.


They could've written text in Mandarin and used an LLM (or any other translation tool) to translate it to English, which wouldn't have introduced the LLM writing style.

They didn't, so the reason isn't that English isn't their first language, it's that they didn't want to spend time writing text. In which case I don't understand how this is different from a native English speaker doing the same thing.


Who cares? Even if it’s LLM generated (which is not 100% sure, I’m pretty sure I could have written this description with bold keywords myself), the text is dense and easy to read. Rejecting LLM output without even thinking about the content doesn’t make any sense.


You are replying to a comment which stated:

> the genai content on the website is just so distracting and such a bummer. It sticks out like sore thumb.

The comment is fair and accurate. The vacuous marketing speak is tedious, unpleasant and risks undermining the technology it makes a flailing attempt to describe.

Your non-native English speaker excuse is neither fair nor accurate since an AI translation of a human-written Mandarin language text does not introduce the style of writing being criticised.

Not every open source project requires a grandiose marketing site littered with manipulative, cloying language. Let the project speak for itself.


> The comment is fair and accurate. The vacuous marketing speak is tedious, unpleasant

I don’t agree at all. The text and illustrations are straight to the point. I just took the time to read the page fully and honestly every word is useful to me. I’m interested in this tool because Logi Options+ sucks, and it clears out every question I have for a replacement. I know what features it offers, what devices it’s compatible with, what it looks like, how to install it, even how it uses the network (update checker disabled by default is a nice touch)

I fail to see how this isn’t the perfect website for an open source productivity tool


Seems like we should be able to disagree, as you're doing here, without all the "that's harsh" (it wasn't) and "who cares?" (people, including you) comments.


> Seems like we should be able to disagree, as you're doing here, without all the "that's harsh" (it wasn't)

I fail to see how me saying "that's harsh" makes us not able to disagree?


I didn't say that at all.


I care. If the site is LLM generated, I'd wonder which parts of the code is LLM generated, as well.

Writing/generating something with Rust doesn't make it devoid of bugs or problems.


Statistically, if it was LLM generated, is it actually more bug dense than human generated code was before this stuff all came out?

This weird take of “an LLM made it, it must be slop and buggy” ignores the reality of how almost all software written by humans was also quite shit before LLM’s came along


Considering the LLM doesn’t pull the code it generates from thin air, I’d argue that it has at least the same bug density with human written code.

However, also considering that LLMs can’t judge the code they have emitted, humans have the advantage here.

Lastly, why we downplay the bugs in the code emitted by AI? Why the lower standards?

- AI generated patch allows access (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49331423)

- Bug in AI scribe creates big problems (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49294441)

As an addenda, human written code is much more maintainable with respect to AI emitted blobs. At least a band of humans can forge that code to a much better shape.


If someone didn't care enough to write it, why should anyone else care enough to read it?


I care. I see pills etc.. and clearly author hasn't put effort properly. Accessibility granted button, connected button clearly shows that.

I keep telling people use AI, but use your head more.


I've seen free tier Claude introduce LLM writing tells even when it's just prompted for translation. Gotta be careful with that.


It doesn't matter. The site is fine.


Everything is fine for a standard low enough. This is the crux of the issue with LLM work, it is poor quality and shifts the burden of mental work to the consumer rather than the producer, while the producer attempts to extract credit for the work.


Only significant change I would make is have the top navbar not be transparent with body content underlaid beneath it, which makes things hard to read when the page is scrolled. And move some of the links at the very bottom of page like 'github' into the top navbar.


That's a distinction without a difference. Either way it produces the same slop.


So what? It has the information. It's free.


That would imply that the complainer has nothing useful to add to the discussion, whereas just saying that the website is probably ai generated and off putting to them is valuable info about the project.


As LLM generated template web GUI go it's relatively inoffensive, at least it's easy to navigate and doesn't waste time with sliders, animated effects, etc. It's just a navbar across the top and then content.

As far as the page body content goes it seems like LLMs have taken a little bit too enthusiastically to an Apple style presentation of product features.


People really are so quick to point out LLM usage as some form of virtue-signalling.

It's fairly obvious that an LLM has been used to design the site, but it does the job and the site isn't the focus of the product.


It's not virtue signalling but it shows that if the author of said software (if there's one) didn't bother to spend time writing things on the website, there's a correlation that they wouldn't bother spending time writing code either.

And that's what I see first thing on the repo. Lots of LLM-style writing in the README, which makes me think if this is a vibecoded app, which looks like it.


Soft eng for 20+ years.

Happy have LLM code for me.

I won't let them speak for me though. I think people who let AI speak for them in places other humans read probably couldn't speak for themselves pre-LLM. It's sad.


This is very subjective. You are willing to outsource one core competency (coding), but not another (documentation and other written comms) ?

I think the bigger personal challenge is to not outsource thinking, understanding and judgement as we leverage new tools, and to continue our personal learning journeys. After 20+ years as a software engineer, you can probably coast on past experience for a long time... but if you aren't learning and exercising (one way or another), your skills will stagnate. That would be sad.


I don’t think that’s necessarily true. The author might just dislike (or lack experience) in dealing with frontend. Especially if it’s free or open source. It’s generous to even pay for a domain, right?


You’re right. They didn’t bother.

They did bother to do the thing they loved doing - the thing of value - and didn’t bother doing the boring thing. Instead of finding it within yourself to offer some thanks or encouragement you find an unimportant “blemish” to pile on. If that ain’t virtue signalling I don’t know what is.

It’s also an emphatic reminder of the truism that you just can’t please some people.


You better get over it because all software will be vibe coded in future.


Why? Not all clothing is factory made nowadays, or all furniture cheap flat pack.


Can't wait for vibe coded car brakes.


It's not virtue signaling - it's wanting to read something that is coherently written and not templated with tropey words and statements.

It's so easy to spot LLM writing, especially poorly constructed ones like this.


Seriously, what’s wrong with:

> A local-first alternative to Logitech Options+, written in Rust. Remap buttons, drive DPI and SmartShift over HID++. No account, no telemetry.

?? I see nothing wrong in there, every word is immediately useful to me as a person interested in this software. You’re being ridiculous


The idea that every open source project has to be a product backed by garish marketing material is something that only comes from the entrepreneur-bro types. It's right to call it out.

If it were an overly elaborate human creation I'd agree that criticism was unnecessary and perhaps even insensitive.


Consider that the author may be a sentient bullfrog. It's irrelevant, because the LLM generated content is still a bummer.


> Consider English might not be the author's first language

https://openlogi.org/zh

The Chinese version of the website through Google Translate shows the same LLMisms, so while I don't know which version was authored first but neither was human-authored regardless of language proficiency.


I'll kindly disagree with you. Trying one's best and then running it through a proofreader is a viable option for the author as well. It allows the author to keep their voice while polishing their writing as well.

For me, the "finally local" call is disturbing, hinting that there are no other alternatives, ever. For Linux GP noted that there's Solaar, which supports all the features of this tool. I also use Solaar without any problems on my Linux systems.

Also notably, fwupdmgr provides updates for Logitech hardware natively, so there's nothing "finally local" about it. It's a new, polished tool written in Rust for more platforms, and kudos to them. However this doesn't vindicate their use of LLM for the site text.

See, English is not my first language either, however one can sharpen it with by using it.


Yes its AI slop-esque but tbh i really love the UI of this website. It looks great.


Not sure what linguistic/cultural differences require making the website annoying slop.




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