Open Source Isn't Dying of Code — It's Dying of a Generation's Engineering Culture, Accelerated 100x by AI
thedealdirector · x · 2026-09-20
Quoting Thorsten Ball's claim that "most predictions are still way too conservative," the author argues the death of open source software is really the death of a specific engineering culture held by engineers now in their 30s-50s. That cultural shift began in the early 2020s and AI has accelerated its velocity by 100x, closing with a Blade Runner-flavored farewell to the era.
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