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1. sbonda+p5[view] [source] 2026-01-16 00:15:31
>>pranav+(OP)
Seems like reading the code is now the real work. AI writes PRs instantly but reviewing them still takes time. Everything flipped. Expect more projects to follow - maintainers can just use ai themselves without needing external contributions.
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2. Analem+za[view] [source] 2026-01-16 00:56:49
>>sbonda+p5
This is probably true, and while I expect productivity to go up, I also expect "FOSS maintainer burnout" to skyrocket in the coming years.

Everyone knows reading code is one-hundredth as fun as writing it, and while we have to accept some amount of reading as the "eating your vegetables" part of the job, FOSS project maintainers are often in a precarious enough position as it is re: job satisfaction. I think having to dramatically increase the proportion of reading to writing, while knowing full well that a bunch of what they are reading was created by some bozo with a CC subscription and little understanding of what they were doing, will lead to a bunch of them walking away.

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3. binary+Dq[view] [source] 2026-01-16 03:34:20
>>Analem+za
Not to worry! Microslop probably has a product in the works to replace disgruntled open-source maintainers with agreeable, high-review-throughput agentic systems.
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