Where did Hacktoberfest go? Devs wonder if AI killed open source's sense of community
_jaydeepkarale · x · 2026-10-10
- Developer jaydeepkarale asks why this year's Hacktoberfest has generated almost no buzz, speculating that AI coding tools removed the need for community-driven collaboration: "Did AI also take away our sense of collaboration as a community?"
- Sparks discussion about AI's impact on open source culture — when one person plus AI can ship code, contributor-gathering events lose their pull.
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