Post B9XDP4wnoA4YO8kkRk by wolf480pl@mstdn.io
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 (DIR) Post #B9XDP4huhWA9dxmrEu by nikitonsky@mastodon.online
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       “The thing that made open source maintenance joyful was that someone cared enough about your work to try to improve it. You mentored them. They learned. The code got better. The community grew. That's the social contract.AI slop doesn't add work. It replaces human connection with mechanized noise.”https://ryancheley.com/2026/08/17/what-if-maintainer-burnout-isn-t-burnout/
       
 (DIR) Post #B9XDP4wnoA4YO8kkRk by wolf480pl@mstdn.io
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       @nikitonsky I think the article may be onto something, but I don't like its use of the term "building".> Open source was never just about writing code. [...] it centers around building. Building a library, building relationships with likeminded people, building understanding.What's "building a library" if not writing code? Unless it's meant as a  non-technical term, more like "building a collection of objects I cherish"...1/
       
 (DIR) Post #B9XEW0LLQNe65e6BRQ by wolf480pl@mstdn.io
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       @nikitonsky To me building a community and building an understanding seem like they have little in common with building a library.But also, maybe I just don't understand the term.Is it meant the same way LLM boosters claim LLMs let them "build" much faster?Or is it a different type of building?2/2
       
 (DIR) Post #B9XLfJSmPDhPftxiPA by nikitonsky@mastodon.online
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       @wolf480pl Yeah, I think observation about loss of meaning is spot on (and I definitely relived one myself), but the part about explaining what OSS is more imprecise. IMO it’s all about helping other people, and when the person on the other end disappears the whole game becomes pointless