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lugutoday at 6:36 AM1 replyview on HN

I don't know Zig, but I think that is not the problem here. Not exactly. The real question is: why spending all those efforts to grow and align a pool of contributors if contributions are cheap and correct? Code review is not just about checking if what it says it does, and if it does it according to the guidelines. The review is a touch point to discuss where the project is heading and how to get there. That is the most important part in the long run. As a collective human effort, it needs coordination. Some of it is via the review process (especially for those not part if the core team that draft the roadmap). One could document all those micro decisions with the rational, but it might end up be a wakamole game. IMO, projects which allow AI usage need to spend way more effort in coordination (and quality insurance).


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lelanthrantoday at 8:53 AM

> The real question is: why spending all those efforts to grow and align a pool of contributors if contributions are cheap and correct?

Until the contributions are cheap and correct, you need valuable contributors more than you need the contributions.

You point would be valid when we get to a point of contributions all being both correct and cheap. Right now they are only cheap.