Post #1391107

2026-02-10 10:23 UTC

Yes, contributing to FOSS and this project in particular was probably in a large part escapism. I enjoyed fixing the bugs, solving the challenging feature-riddles, and learning a lot, away from everyday problems. Crafting with care and pride. A little corner of life, where trying to give my best changed things for the better. For a few, but it did. If all of this is getting replaced by AI, that entirely devalues anything I could contribute to very near zero. It was fun while it lasted.

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@troed@swecyb.com 2026-02-10 10:24

@chainq I'm thinking the easy stuff gets automated and the tricky part still needs competent hackers to figure out. At least, that's my experience so far.

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@oni@chaos.social 2026-02-10 10:31

@chainq do you program for a job? I've been wondering about a serious career change which adds a layer of worry on top. I know that A.I isn't going to stop senior software dev work (which was never 100% about programming) but this idea of craft, care and thought does seem to be going away. I don't know if it's better or worse that it's my job as oppose to hobby. Perhaps it will just become a hobby? Either way, you are not the first person I've heard who has voiced these concerns

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@csepp@merveilles.town 2026-02-10 10:47

@chainq Mood, I had the most fun the past few days just working on my bikes.

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@pascaldragon@metalhead.club 2026-02-10 22:54

@chainq I totally get you. I mean I could have seen the signs for one of the two persons considering the discussions we had at the last meeting in September, but the other came as quite a surprise... 😲 And for me it's also a craft project I simply do to enjoy myself. I'm in the lucky position that I don't have to deal with AI at work despite being a tech company cause my boss and colleagues are similarly sceptical, but the amount of AI one has to deal with otherwise 🤢 I had hoped that this FOSS project would stay relatively free of it, but it seems not... 😔

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