Post #636108
2026-02-10 10:07 UTC
Two major, well respected, and very active maintainers in a FOSS project I regularly contribute to are pushing hard for AI contributions and even to replace large parts of existing code base with AI generated code.
Seems, I'll need to find another hobby soon. And at this point I don't mean another piece of software, I mean probably something else than programming and FOSS maintenance.
#sigh #opensource #genai
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@chainq@mastodon.social 2026-02-10 10:23
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.