AI is making generic programming libraries easier to clone, not harder
cocktailpeanut · x · 2026-07-27
AI is making it harder for programming libraries to stay unique, because once a library proves valuable, people can recreate their own variants. The author argues that if something is truly novel, it may be better shipped as an opinionated framework or even a full app rather than a generic library.
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