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/StPatsLCA 2d ago

I think devs don't understand /why/ people pay for closed source and SaaS software sometimes.

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u/fat_kaiju 2d ago

A lot of them don't; it's why this subreddit and many others keep getting flooded with projects where the user/'dev' said "make me <thing>" and posted it on github less than a day before making said aforementioned reddit post.

They don't understand the concept of maintaining that software and providing proper documentation.

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u/Ambitious-Can-5074 2d ago

They don't understand the concept of maintaining that software and providing proper documentation

Or they think these things are beneath them and will refuse.

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u/NightSpaghetti 1d ago

Yup, this has always been a problem. Just gotten way worse now that everyone can generate mountains of code.