Open source software is slowly turning into open slop software

6 pointsposted 8 hours ago
by theonly1me

Item id: 50043719

5 Comments

vaibhavsing

6 hours ago

its name is also confusing sounds like codex

jleyank

8 hours ago

Gresham's Law applies here too. Bad code drives out good. And if it costs money to maintain good code, it's going to hasten its departure. I really hope Linus and others at that level filter out all the slop that's being produced.

theonly1me

8 hours ago

I agree, I think the future has to be "Open source, closed development" if maintainers really want to preserve the quality of their codebases.

japanese_draina

6 hours ago

what do you mean by open source, closed development. aren't they opposite terms?

jleyank

5 hours ago

I assume it's "you can see all the source, but I won't accept your changes"?