I think you’re vastly overestimating how difficult this type of application would be to an LLM. There’s no need to steal another code base…isn’t yours closed source, anyways?
You could probably get 90% of the way there with a prompt that literally just says:
> Create a TUI application for exploring deployed AWS resources. Write it in Rust using the most popular TUI library.
I didn’t take code or reverse-engineer anything from that Reddit project, and I wasn’t aware of it when I started.
I’ve been a long-term k9s user, and the motivation was simply: “I wish I had something like k9s, but for AWS.” That’s a common and reasonable source of inspiration.
A terminal UI for AWS is a broad, well-explored idea. Similar concepts don’t imply copied code. In this case, even the UIs are clearly different—the interaction model and layout are not the same.
The implementation, architecture, and UX decisions are my own, and the full commit history is public for anyone who wants to review how it evolved.
If there’s a specific piece of code you believe was copied, I’m happy to look at it. Otherwise, it’s worth checking what someone actually built before making accusations based on surface-level assumptions.
It’s pretty clear it was your post/project you reference, but how do you know he got inspiration from you? Did OP post on your Reddit post, confirming they were even aware of it?
Creating a tool via a LLM based on a similar idea isn’t quite stealing.
I think you’re vastly overestimating how difficult this type of application would be to an LLM. There’s no need to steal another code base…isn’t yours closed source, anyways?
You could probably get 90% of the way there with a prompt that literally just says:
> Create a TUI application for exploring deployed AWS resources. Write it in Rust using the most popular TUI library.
https://www.reddit.com/r/aws/comments/1q3ik9z/i_made_a_termi...
I didn’t take code or reverse-engineer anything from that Reddit project, and I wasn’t aware of it when I started.
I’ve been a long-term k9s user, and the motivation was simply: “I wish I had something like k9s, but for AWS.” That’s a common and reasonable source of inspiration.
A terminal UI for AWS is a broad, well-explored idea. Similar concepts don’t imply copied code. In this case, even the UIs are clearly different—the interaction model and layout are not the same.
The implementation, architecture, and UX decisions are my own, and the full commit history is public for anyone who wants to review how it evolved.
If there’s a specific piece of code you believe was copied, I’m happy to look at it. Otherwise, it’s worth checking what someone actually built before making accusations based on surface-level assumptions.
It’s pretty clear it was your post/project you reference, but how do you know he got inspiration from you? Did OP post on your Reddit post, confirming they were even aware of it?
Creating a tool via a LLM based on a similar idea isn’t quite stealing.
Making those accusations while hiding the fact that the “other developer” was you is extremely disingenuous.