Post #4116108
2026-07-25 14:32 UTC
The critique is valid and focuses on the *coding* side of open-source. One can argue whether 'hand-coding' will still be relevant in a few years, or whether it will become a niche craft, like coding directly in assembly today. But there's no denying that the slow-paced community-building process on which open-source thrive -- and where individual contributors find meaning and social reward -- is hardly compatible with the primarily individualistic & fast-paced nature of LLM code churning. 2/9
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@severin@hci.social 2026-07-25 14:32
It seems to me that the open-source community is torn between conflicting feelings atm: real, difficult technical challenges that might force an unpleasant re-thinking of how to 'do open-source'; the subjective feeling of being somewhat robbed of a hard-gained expertise and peer recognition by no-effort 'LLM kiddies'; but also the recognition that LLMs are extremely powerful tools, probably much better that the average OS programmer, and not likely to be simply waved away anyway. 3/9