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A post by [object Object] (@zzt@mas.to) saying:
courtesy of @davidgerard@circumstances.run, Proton is now the only privacy vendor I know of that vibe codes its apps:
In the single most damning thing I can say about Proton in 2025, the Proton GitHub repository has a “cursorrules” file. They’re vibe-coding their public systems. Much secure!
I am once again begging anyone who will listen to get off of Proton as soon as reasonably possible, and to avoid their new (terrible) apps in any case. https://circumstances.run/@davidgerard/114961415946154957
It has a reply by the author saying: in an unsurprising update for those familiar with how Proton operates, they silently rewrote their monorepo’s history to purge .cursor and hide that they were vibe coding: https://github.com/ProtonMail/WebClients/tree/2a5e2ad4db0c84f39050bf2353c944a96d38e07f
given the utter lack of communication from Proton on this, I can only guess they’ve extracted .cursor into an external repository and continue to use it out of sight of the public
We have a POC group and everyone I've spoken that tried the tool reports productivity boost. So it's either that everyone is under impression they've boosted their productivity, while they didn't, or everyone actually did boost their productivity. And I find the later to be more likely, because there is no reason for these people to lie.
"We have a and everyone I’ve spoken to that tried the reports "
Again, i'm not doubting your understanding the experience of you or your acquaintances, i'm saying its anecdotal, a vanishingly small sample size and not necessarily indicative of a general position.