> All these comments about AI Slop are underestimating how good these builders have gotten and AI lets you iterate really fast.

Both of these are true: we’re witnessing an unprecedented amount of slop, while also the tools get better and better.

So when talking about Open Source maintainer exhaustion, it’s because of the slop, not because of the great tooling.

AI is an amplifier, and in this case it amplifies the great asymmetry between contributor and maintainer.