Is open source contribution still relevant?

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I previously contributed to OpenStack and Kubernetes and I am looking to get back into open source. With the advancement of AI coding tools, I am wondering how is the space for contributors who wants to contribute to open source projects

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Does that make you happy? (Assuming you can pay all your bills from whatever source of income you have.)

I personally have not noticed a change so great that it meaningfully alters the experience

People have had to deal with a deluge of Ai slop, but if you hang around a community, it still feels the same (the good and the bad)

That makes me feel comfortable now!

awesome, if anything it's more alive than ever, much easier to hack on unfamiliar code, to customize it for personal taste or contribute higher quality changesets back (depending on the ai driver)

If you are still of the people who put in the effort, it's still a great place to hang and make cool things with others

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