alt Hacker News> Unfortunately for AI maximalists, code is more than just letters on the screen. There needs to be human understanding, and if you’re not a core contributor who’s proven you’re willing to stick around when shit hits the fan, a +3000 PR is a liability, not an asset.
This isn't necessarily true; I've seen some projects absorb a PR of roughly that size, and after the smoke tests and other standard development stuff, the original PR author basically disappeared.
It added a feature he wanted, he tested and coded it, and got it in.
So because some projects can absorb some PRs of a certain size, all projects of should be able to absorb PRs of that same size?
This anecdotal argument is a dead end. The nuance is clear: not all software is the same, and not all edits to software are the same.