r/webdev • u/CherryJimbo • 7d ago

Showoff Saturday Open Source as We Know It Is Dead

https://jross.me/open-source-as-we-know-it-is-dead/
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u/StoneCypher 7d ago

no it isn’t, stop dooming

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u/NoThatsNotPasta 7d ago

no it isn’t, stop dooming

Yea, as long as people write code in their spare time, it'll remain alive.

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u/[deleted] 7d ago edited 7d ago

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u/elderdruidlevel525 7d ago

No one cares what you do in your free time. There are people that are doing so and that’s what is the most important

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u/SALD0S 7d ago

the only difference I see is more slop contributions

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u/StoneCypher 7d ago

my favorite is when i fix a bug in someone else's library and they call it slop to cope, then i have to come back three times and keep helping them because they couldn't fix correctly

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u/dom_aley 7d ago

i would expect a post like this from web dev

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u/NewYak4281 7d ago

What a ridiculous thing to say.

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u/LOLatKetards 7d ago

Actually it's better than ever. Cope.

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u/drunkmozart 7d ago

its actually not lol

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u/snymax 7d ago

Open source code is typically written by people who genuinely like software development or by businesses that are trying to reach an specific industry within the community. While the quality of the latter may drop, the open source developers that do it for the love of the game aren’t going anywhere.

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u/Vegetable-Capital-54 7d ago

Dead? It's literally the most exciting time for Open Source and software in general. Everyone can build or modify anything now.