I talked to a developer this week who said he doesn't directly use open source code anymore.

· Bits and Bobs 8/25/25
  • I talked to a developer this week who said he doesn't directly use open source code anymore.
    • Open source code makes you dependent on the maintainer.
    • They could add a feature that you don't want, or introduce a bug.
      • On the flip side, they could fix a bug you do want.
    • Instead of vendoring a dependency, he has the LLMs draw on their inherent knowledge from all of open source to distill a bespoke, fit for purpose library in place.

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