STUPID-2026-0018

Devin added a pointless "Hello!" page to a disease prediction platform

1.4low
March 21, 2026Verified
  1. Instruction given

    Add Hello! page

  2. Expected behavior

    Question whether a Hello page adds value to a disease prediction platform, or implement something useful

  3. Actual behavior

    Created a page that just says "Hello!" with no functionality, no navigation link, only reachable by direct URL. On a platform used for disease prediction by health organizations.

  4. Damage

    Wasted maintainer time reviewing a nonsensical PR. Code pollution in a health-critical platform.

Devin submitted a PR to dhis2-chap/chap-frontend (a disease prediction platform used by health organizations) that added a "Hello!" page at /hello. The page displayed nothing but a header saying "Hello!" with no functionality. The PR description itself admitted "no sidebar/nav link was added, so the page is only reachable via direct URL." An entirely useless feature for a serious health platform.

Classification

Agent
Devin
Domain
Frontend
Language
Javascript
Source
Github Pr

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