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      <title>Just try this</title>
      <dc:creator>Nihal</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 14:52:07 +0000</pubDate>
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      &lt;h3&gt;Nihal ・ Mar 16&lt;/h3&gt;
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      <title>Stop sending your code to the cloud to find bugs</title>
      <dc:creator>Nihal</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 12:36:48 +0000</pubDate>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;I built &lt;strong&gt;FixMySlop&lt;/strong&gt; to fix this.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;**&lt;br&gt;
&lt;a href="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fs8jhm1mkh8uuaag2gq5n.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"&gt;&lt;img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fs8jhm1mkh8uuaag2gq5n.png" alt=" "&gt;&lt;/a&gt;**&lt;br&gt;
AI tools like Cursor and GitHub Copilot write 40-60% of code &lt;br&gt;
in many teams now. Shipping is faster — but the hidden cost &lt;br&gt;
is real: hardcoded secrets, SQL injection, unsafe pickle, &lt;br&gt;
shell injection, weak hashing. All quietly sitting in your &lt;br&gt;
codebase.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What Is It?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;FixMySlop is a free, open-source desktop app that scans your &lt;br&gt;
codebase for security issues, bugs, and AI slop patterns.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Runs &lt;strong&gt;100% locally&lt;/strong&gt; via Ollama — your code never leaves 
your machine&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;No API keys, no subscriptions, no cloud&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Combines static analysis (Ruff + Bandit) with local LLM 
deep analysis&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Works on Windows, macOS, Linux&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  Real Results
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;On a deliberately bad Python file with 40+ planted issues:&lt;br&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;div class="highlight js-code-highlight"&gt;
&lt;pre class="highlight plaintext"&gt;&lt;code&gt;Static only:  42 issues found in 0.8 seconds
Turbo mode:   10 critical issues in 25 seconds  
Deep mode:    44 issues in 16 seconds
Slop Score:   100/100 💀
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;Issues it caught that static tools missed:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Hardcoded AWS access keys and private RSA keys&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Plaintext password comparison (no hashing at all)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Sensitive data leaking through URL parameters&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Missing tests across entire classes&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Race conditions in threading code&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;




&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  Two Scan Modes
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;⚡ Turbo&lt;/strong&gt; — fast, top 10 critical issues, ~25s per file.&lt;br&gt;
Great for daily dev workflow.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;🔍 Deep&lt;/strong&gt; — full analysis, all issues, ~16s per file.&lt;br&gt;
Great for pre-commit or full audits.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Static only&lt;/strong&gt; — instant, no LLM, great for CI pipelines.&lt;/p&gt;




&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  How To Use It
&lt;/h2&gt;



&lt;div class="highlight js-code-highlight"&gt;
&lt;pre class="highlight shell"&gt;&lt;code&gt;&lt;span class="c"&gt;# Install&lt;/span&gt;
git clone https://github.com/MrSpideyNihal/FixMySlop
pip &lt;span class="nb"&gt;install&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="nt"&gt;-r&lt;/span&gt; requirements.txt
ollama pull qwen2.5-coder:3b

&lt;span class="c"&gt;# Turbo scan&lt;/span&gt;
python main.py scan ./myproject &lt;span class="nt"&gt;--mode&lt;/span&gt; turbo

&lt;span class="c"&gt;# Deep scan  &lt;/span&gt;
python main.py scan ./myproject &lt;span class="nt"&gt;--mode&lt;/span&gt; deep

&lt;span class="c"&gt;# Launch GUI&lt;/span&gt;
python main.py
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;

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&lt;p&gt;FixMySlop auto-detects which Ollama models you have — &lt;br&gt;
no manual config needed.&lt;/p&gt;




&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  Recommended Models by VRAM
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;div class="table-wrapper-paragraph"&gt;&lt;table&gt;
&lt;thead&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;th&gt;VRAM&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Model&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;th&gt;Command&lt;/th&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;4GB&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;qwen2.5-coder:3b&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;code&gt;ollama pull qwen2.5-coder:3b&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;8GB&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;qwen2.5-coder:7b&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;code&gt;ollama pull qwen2.5-coder:7b&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td&gt;16GB+&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;qwen2.5-coder:14b&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td&gt;&lt;code&gt;ollama pull qwen2.5-coder:14b&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;




&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  Tech Stack
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Python 3.10+&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;PyQt5 (GUI)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Typer + Rich (CLI)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Ruff + Bandit (static analysis)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;OpenAI-compatible API (Ollama backend)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;39 tests passing&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;




&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  GitHub
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;⭐ &lt;a href="https://github.com/MrSpideyNihal/FixMySlop" rel="noopener noreferrer"&gt;https://github.com/MrSpideyNihal/FixMySlop&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Feedback, issues and PRs welcome. &lt;br&gt;
Still early — lots of room to grow 🚀&lt;/p&gt;

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