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  • Martin Owens :inkscape: :flag_nonbinary:doctormo@floss.social
    Oct 27, 2026, 4:57 PM

    @foolishowl @MaddieM4

    No. It sounds more like a siren call.

    I am VERY surprised there's not a comic yet (👀 @davidrevoy ) showing ship after ship floundering against the rocks of the seductive singing of the merdmaids.

    "Well if I just listen to it a little bit and I can turn around any time I want because I'm so strong of will even the gods couldn't persuade me to crash my ship into some dumb rocks!"

    But of course it doesn't work like that. The seduction changes your ability to think.

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  • David Revoydavidrevoy@framapiaf.org
    Oct 27, 2026, 10:57 PM

    @doctormo @foolishowl @MaddieM4 Hehe for the comic (I'm taking notes). Siren Call? Yes, maybe.

    I kept in contact with maintainers of FLOSS with AI permissive policies, and to sum up: I saw many just drowning under the todos and flirting constantly with burnout. They found in AI a sort of magic wand to alleviate their difficult situation.
    It usually give them illusion the first months, but then their core issues (time management/self-limits) kick back, even with AI. Risking greater burnout...

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  • David Revoydavidrevoy@framapiaf.org
    Oct 27, 2026, 11:02 PM

    @doctormo @foolishowl @MaddieM4 So, if I had a metaphor to draw for a comic, it would be probably moths diving into the flame of a candle faster, because assisted with AI navigation. 😟

    Keep close to any FLOSS maintainers thrilled with AI; it might be one of the first symptom of a future burnout.

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  • kckartoffelcheetah@social.kartoffelcheetah.eu
    Oct 28, 2026, 9:16 AM

    @davidrevoy @doctormo @foolishowl @MaddieM4 I believe usually there are a lot of reasons and ppl do not switch for one reason. I know there are downsides too, but since the question was why they migrate I think these are maybe the reasons:

    1. Bugs are easy to find with LLMs. They are found even by not project members so you get a lot of issues.
    2. Most ppl don't like to fix bugs in these massive quantities. Sometimes fixes are fun, but not always.
    3. Tests are also a good defence against bugs and LLMs can be asked to write tests for things we wouldn't write ourselves because it is boring or repetitive or whatever but they do this "free" (we only have to sell our souls).
    4. And finally the fear of what might happen if they do not adopt LLMs. Then someone else just comes and just forks their project and uses LLM to create a "better" version of it. And then the user base might migrate to the version which has more features + faster bugfixes + more test cases. The problem is that then it is not in your control anymore and then that might as well be a huge AI slop. If we adopt it then at least we already know and understand the project?
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  • Ole-André Rodlierodlie@mastodon.social
    Oct 28, 2026, 9:21 AM

    @davidrevoy @doctormo

    I understand the slop temptation, but taking shortcuts rarely ends up being the best solution over time.

    FOSS maintainers need to embrace that they will never empty their todo queue. My solution to burnout is to care less. That might sound a bit harsh, but that's the only way imho. Yes I have several hundred open todos, does it matter? Not really, I will work on them when I feel like it, or not. Will that annoy some users? Probably, do I care? Nope 🙂

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