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Kdenlive 26.04.0 is out, featuring contributions from more developers than ever before (kdenlive.org)
submitted 6 months ago by to c/opensource@programming.dev
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[–] 7 points 6 months ago (3 children)

I've heard of many projects disabling contributions, shutting down, or pivoting to closed source and naming slop code as a major reason.

If the contributions are quality, that's great, but I don't think skepticism is an inappropriate reaction to a sudden surge in contributions in this year of all years.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (2 children)

    Really? What software went from open-source to closed specifically because of vibe-coding? I'd also question how long they kept up their quality... What apps disabled contributions in favor of AI slop? I've never heard of this.

    Stirling-PDF and Episteme Reader are solid examples of apps that went freemium, but I know of no product that entirely went paid-only because of vibe-coding. If anything, Stirling-PDF was originally vibe-coded and then added traditional programmers to its team upon seeing its popularity skyrocket, from what I remember reading. I'd be curious to see your examples on the other end.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    I've never heard of this.

    Did you bother to look?

    It's gotten bad enough that Github added a feature to allow maintainers to disable pull requests entirely.

    Full shutdowns are rarer (only Cal.com and Jazzband spring to mind), because maintainers are trying to stay open and fight the avalanche of slop with AI contribution policies.

    Looking at all of the above, why do you think people shouldn't be skeptical when the number of PRs suddenly spikes?

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    Hmm, I was only aware of the ones that actually, accidentally made it into releases. Well, what's to stop such devs from still getting targeted despite these safety checks (I mean, in their personal lives)? We've gotta find a way to protect these critical individuals...

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