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Posted by microflash 18 hours ago

Malus – Clean Room as a Service(malus.sh)
https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/SUVS7G-lets_end_open_...

https://malus.sh/blog.html

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pringk02 15 hours ago|
> per package = max( $0.01, size_kb × $0.01 )

> order total = max( $0.50, sum of all packages )

> $0.50 minimum applies per order (Stripe processing floor). No base fee.

Not sure I can trust their output if this simple thing is fluffed

yomismoaqui 16 hours ago||
I bet someone has already made this service for real.
Nolski 31 minutes ago||
What makes this service not real?
OJFord 15 hours ago|||
A lot of people, including perhaps the creator of this, feel that LLMs themselves are this service.
slopinthebag 15 hours ago||
It exists! It's called Claude Code.
casey2 6 hours ago||
It's not april 1st yet
api 6 hours ago||
This could also be done with a fair amount of commercial software, especially anything that's basically a wrapper around APIs, databases, etc.
agys 11 hours ago||
The name gives it away :)
cloverich 15 hours ago||
1. Best part of this (satirical) post is, the service they offer isn't really needed. LLM's can do this already for small projects, and soon likely will for large ones too. You don't need a company to do this, we all have the LLM tooling to do it. Critical we're all spending time thinking about what that means in a thoughtful way.

2. For the sake of argument assume 1 is completely true and feasible now and / or in the near term. If LLM generated code is also non copyrightable... but even if it is... if you can just make a copyleft version via the same manner... what will the licenses even mean any longer?

lxe 14 hours ago||
Distinguished staff level trolling
m3kw9 7 hours ago||
With the classic Claude colors and fonts
jaredchung 12 hours ago|
Edit: I did it. Paid them $0.51 to clean room `copyleft`, just to see what would happen. A clean package is now sitting on my desktop, custom-built (I presume) and fully documented. Deleting it now, for obvious reasons. But is it still satire if they actually provide the literal service they're satirizing?

How far do they take the satire? If you pay them do they actually generate output?

Nolski 12 hours ago|
Is it satire? Or is it a warning?
jaredchung 12 hours ago||
If it's a warning, it's a warning that also delivers the thing it's warning about.
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