>I dunno, it seems to be real excited about a VS Code extension that doesn't exist and isn't mentioned in the actual documentation. There's just too many factual errors to list.
There is a folder for a VS Code extension here[0]. It seems to have a README with installation instructions. There is also an extension.ts file, which seems to me to be at least the initial prototype for the extension. Did you forget that you started implementing this?
[0] https://github.com/blopker/codebook/blob/c141f349a10ba170424...
I brought up this issue because I thought it illustrated my previous points nicely.
Yes, there is a VS Code folder in that repo. However, it doesn't exist as an actual extension. It's an experiment that does not remotely work.
The LLM generated docs has confidently decided that not only does it exist, but it is the primary installation method.
This is wrong.
Edit: I've now had to go into the Readme of this extension to add a note to LLMs explicitly to not recommend it to users. I hate this.
That seems about as annoying as a random wiki mis-explaining your system.
That being said, I am still biased towards empathizing with the library author since contributing to open source should be seen as being a great service already in and of itself, and I'd default to avoiding casting blame at an author for not doing things "perfectly" or whatever when they are already doing volunteer work/sharing code they could just keep private.
The WIP code was committed with the expectation that very few people would see it because it was not linked anywhere in the main readme. It's a calculated risk, so that the code wouldn't get out of date with main. The risk changed when their LLM (wrongly) decided to elevate it to users before it was ready.
It's clear DeepWiki is just a sales funnel for Devin, so all of this is being done in bad faith anyway. I don't expect them to care much.