Mea Culpa – Dark Hours(blog.terrygodier.com)
598 points by satvikpendem 12 days ago | 278 comments
tl;dr: A developer launched a website called "Dark Hours" built with Claude, only to discover it closely resembled an existing open-source project called DarkHours.app—even reproducing a bug the original author had already fixed. He's redirecting his domain to the original project, canceling his planned iOS app, and apologizing for irresponsibly using AI to generate a project without checking whether it duplicated existing work.
HN Discussion:
  • The apology is a limited hangout hiding worse misconduct like lying to Gruber
  • Blaming AI is a dishonest excuse for deliberate plagiarism
  • ~The apology is incomplete because it omits misleading John Gruber
  • Questions remain about how the duplication actually happened technically
  • The developer did the right thing and vibe-coding risks are real