Open source is getting weird. More and more projects are just a shared idea with zero shared code.
I see whole projects been rewritten in so many places that the project itself becomes just an idea.
The "maintainer" doesn't build or manage code anymore—they just manage the vibe and the boundaries of a concept they care about. The other devs build it into popular toolchains.
New projects are just brands.
VitorPamplona / Vitor Pamplona
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2026-11-13 15:46:29 UTC
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