The author argues that as LLMs make coding effectively free, the scarcity that sustained open source software is disappearing, raising questions about its future. Drawing on evolutionary biology, the piece warns that hyper-optimizing for a stable niche—whether in nature or in software production—creates fragility when environments change.
- Source
- Lobsters
- Published
- Aug 27, 2026 at 11:41 PM
- Score
- 6.0 / 10