AI is destroying open source, and it's not even good yet

This is why we can't have nice things.

Referenced in this video:

- Ars Technica's redaction: https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/02/after-a-routine-code-rejection-an-ai-agent-published-a-hit-piece-on-someone-by-name/
- Ars Technica Author's response: https://bsky.app/profile/benjedwards.com/post/3mewgow6ch22p
- Scott Shambaugh's post on AI Agent Hit Piece: https://theshamblog.com/an-ai-agent-published-a-hit-piece-on-me/
- OpenClaw: https://openclaw.ai
- OpenClaw author moves to OpenAI: https://steipete.me/posts/2026/openclaw
- The End of the Curl Bug Bounty: https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2026/01/26/the-end-of-the-curl-bug-bounty/
- My GitHub: https://github.com/geerlingguy
- GitHub's new PR settings: https://github.blog/changelog/2026-02-13-new-repository-settings-for-configuring-pull-request-access/
- My blog migration from Drupal to Hugo: https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/migrating-13000-comments-from-drupal-to-hugo/
- Yahoo article on NFT Fallout: https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/what-happened-to-nfts-094039263.html
- PCPartPicker Hard Drive price trends: https://pcpartpicker.com/trends/price/internal-hard-drive/
- Western Digital is sold out of hard drives for 2026: https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/hdds/western-digital-is-already-sold-out-of-hard-drives-for-all-of-2026-chief-says-some-long-term-agreements-for-2027-and-2028-already-in-place

Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/geerlingguy
Sponsor me on GitHub: https://github.com/sponsors/geerlingguy
Merch: https://www.redshirtjeff.com
2nd Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@GeerlingEngineering
3rd Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Level2Jeff