I consider it an honor to have my work be a part of large language models.
Ask HN: Do you think differently about working on open source these days?
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Re: Ask HN: Do you think differently about working on open source these days?
#12Yes, differently: I contribute more now that I don't have to spend time getting ramped up on the code base. I'm fixing issues left and right.
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#13Sure, all the slop code projects I produce get MIT licensed on public repos. It wasn't mine to begin with, so I wouldn't prevent anyone from using it.
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#14I've not released some stuff because I don't want the hassle of dealing with slop in PRs. If someone can't be bothered to write their code, I'm not wasting time reviewing it.
I don't love the idea of my work training an ai without compensation either.
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#15It's impossible to develop open source software without having a credit/debit card and cell phone present. Feels more like a scam to me than not but I understand it from an operator's perspective; you have to prevent fraud. From a contributor's perspective who had their life derailed for more than a year, it's a pain to get everything back up and running as it was before.
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#16I've not released some stuff because I don't want the hassle of dealing with slop in PRs. If someone can't be bothered to write their code, I'm not wasting time reviewing it. I don't love the idea of my work training an ai without compensation either.
> I don't love the idea of my work training an ai without compensation either.
How is it different then if a Company uses your code without paying you due to a permissive license? It sounds like Open Source doesn't fit your mindset.
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#17Opinion has not changed. I still think information wants to be free, which is why I'm still publishing open source code and encouraging ~~piracy~~ distillations of closed models.
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#18I owe my entire 20 year career to open source, so if anything, I plan to increase the number of contributions I make as time goes on; it's one of the few areas in life where I feel indebted.
Re: Ask HN: Do you think differently about working on open source these days?
#19I've not released some stuff because I don't want the hassle of dealing with slop in PRs. If someone can't be bothered to write their code, I'm not wasting time reviewing it. I don't love the idea of my work training an ai without compensation either.
> I don't love the idea of my work training an ai without compensation either. How is it different then if a Company uses your code without paying you due to a permissive license? It sounds like Open Source doesn't fit your mindset.
I don't use permissive licenses for just that reason. If someone wants to make money off my work, they can cut me in on it or find a different piece if code.
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#20In the grand scheme of things, even GPLing your code doesn't matter as the AI is still trained on it. As AI increases in capabilities, it can just read and rewrite your code. And all code is useful in some way. As mentioned in the comment, private on GH has no bearing, it is still in full sight of the AI. From what I can tell, OSS submissions are on the rise as people embrace AI to work on things they could not previ…
> From what I can tell, OSS submissions are on the rise as people embrace AI to work on things they could not previously