Building a feature is now cheaper than reviewing the PR: how coding agents break open source norms
ostrisai · x · 2026-10-28
ostris argues that in the age of coding agents, almost any feature or bug fix takes significantly less effort to build than to read over and test a PR. While there are exceptions, the inversion—cheap generation, expensive verification—means how we manage open source projects will have to change.
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