The majority of open source software development is "implementing something that already exists", but with improvements, such as for specific use cases and constraints (like the original NES emulator) or by making it more performant. That's how the ecosystem mutates and grows, and it's worked well for decades.

Blame the game, not the player.

I'm not here to hype LLMs but they don't used an outsized share of fresh water, that's essentially a myth hyped by social media.

https://andymasley.substack.com/p/the-ai-water-issue-is-fake

You know, when you descend into that level of hyperbole, especially when it’s targeted at another person it really doesn’t help your case.