I offended an open source maintainer with an @-mention on my PR. I got a stern response but his points were valid.
I got thinking on how AI tools are creating a new "Eternal September" for open source with more contributions, but more noise for volunteer maintainers who are already stretched thin.
What if AI could help their side too? Triage, first-pass review, quality gates, etc to protect volunteer time instead of just consuming it. A few already discussing this and putting it into practice.
My reflections: https://blog.dpinkerton.com/posts/eternal-september-open-source-ai/
David Pinkerton
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