Open Source requires coordinating with others.

· Bits and Bobs 5/26/26
  • Open Source requires coordinating with others.
    • If you want a feature that others don't want, you have to convince the maintainer to accept the PR.
      • You have to convince a stranger to accept your code to support your use case.
    • You could fork, but forks take time and effort to maintain.
    • LLMs have made forks less expensive to maintain.
    • Instead of debating with a stranger, just fork it.
    • A possible future: no one accepts PRs anymore, but everyone forks and picks up the patches that other people also seem to like.
    • A much higher rate of speciation.
    • Not necessarily better, just a different equilibrium.