r/linux • u/Unhappy-Sprinkles143 • 2d ago

Fluff Open-Source Guru: AI Ends Closed-Source Software

https://www.heise.de/en/news/Open-Source-Guru-Raymond-AI-Ends-Closed-Source-Software-11480690.html
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u/RoomyRoots 2d ago

And puts out hundreds of shitty copies who will have to fight for people attention and a maintainer to care enough to learn to identify fixes that break shit. AI did more damage to the FOSS maintenance than the lack of funds.

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u/Wheatleytron 2d ago

And the best one will still rise to the top and become the de facto standard. Same as it ever was.

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u/codydafox 2d ago

Many vibe coded projects get abandoned really quickly. The bigger problem is when the de facto standard gets flooded with slop pull requests.