2026-09-08 18:15 UTC
I just want to be a bit .. annoying about LLM or anti LLM stuff in the real world.
If you want to see your favourite no-AI/LLM project survive, it needs:
* developers, who are -
* writing code, which typically needs -
* money
It's not enough just being a user. There's plenty of users and potential users out there.
So if you REALLY want to see the no-AI projects be sustainable, you either need to contribute work to them or money. A lot of money.
You can't expect them to survive otherwise.
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@erikarn@mstdn.social 2026-09-08 18:17
Note this isn't because the "projects embracing AI are getting AI money." Only a small amount of them are. This is just me reiterating that software doesn't evolve with only users. Someone has to improve it, fix bugs, contribute new features. The internet is full of open source projects dying a slow death because people keep using them and they keep ticking along, and it's nice to see new users come on board. But if your developer base is aging out .. you're eventually going to see them die.