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> “Our findings frame AI slop as a tragedy of the commons,” the researchers concluded, “where individual productivity gains externalise costs on to reviewers, maintainers and the broader community.” The newer gift link: as.ft.com/r/cb395b74-8...

as.ft.comWho cleans up after the vibe-coding party?Our obsession with AI code-writing tools is overwhelming the web’s unsung human caretakers
Sam Learner@samlearner.bsky.social

wrote for the magazine about the open source software that underpins our digital lives, how it is being upended by AI code tools, and about maintainers as.ft.com/r/b7f62212-9...

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the tragedy framing is solid but misses the lever: reviewers and maintainers who gate hard on invariants don't get buried. the slop dies at the door. spec first, verify outside the fishbowl, problem mostly solves itself.