Serious question, why? Nobody gives a fuck if I'm out of a job, especially OpenAI and Anthropic. They stole the worlds knowledge to put us out of a job and arguably took away what it means to be a human. Why should I contribute anything more to that?

Solving hard problems will be the only thing that separates you from others. Your mindset and tools should be a trade secret at this point.

6 months ago I would have agreed wholeheartedly with you. Lately however I've observed coworkers vibe coding massive band-aids over broader architectural issues in our codebase without any prior context.

They have no understanding of (nor any desire to understand) what they're doing, but they are being given kudos by management for their "initiative" to solve the organization's "big problems." Guess who will be asked to clean up the mess if (when) it blows up.

It's getting cheaper and cheaper to kick the can down the road, and standing in front of that risks making you look like a dinosaur. It's going to be an interesting few years...

I'm also tending towards the generous stance:

1. The value of software is tending towards nil while it's ever easier to tailor bespoke solutions.

That suggests to me that I'm losing less by sharing, and it's probably not even going to be taken wholesale and kept verbatim.

2. The labs have already trained on everything and will keep on doing so.

Therefore continuing to contribute to OSS doesn't just benefit my own future self but the entire ecosystem.

(Yes, I need to get over how it appears a select few are making off with the lion's share but that only differs in degree in comparison to the past)

At least now the cards are being shuffled elsewhere...

completely agree. Same 20 years in the industry