Shadcn's Component Copied by AI in Hours, Devs Urge Limits

UI library author shadcn criticized AI agents for cloning his new component within hours, prompting calls to restrict scraping and protect independent developers' work.

2026-08-06 ~ 2026-08-06 · 2 related posts

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