Ask HN: Why Do People Keep Posting AI-Generated Projects Online?

Summary

The Ask HN post examines the growing stream of AI-generated software projects appearing on programming subreddits and other online platforms. Typical posts describe a problem and link to a recently created GitHub repository containing a substantial amount of generated code, often inviting community review. The author says project quality varies, but many codebases appear to have been produced within days by AI-agentic systems with little or no human review or established development history. The author also questions the value of requesting professional feedback when publishers may lack experience in the language used and may not seem personally invested in maintaining the code. Public recognition and self-promotion are proposed as possible motivations, but the author considers neither explanation sufficient to account for the volume of posts. The discussion ultimately asks what publishers hope to gain and what is driving the continuing behavior.