alt Hacker NewsIt’s starting to feel like we may need to go back to the model where you need to be invited to be able to submit code or PRs. The barrier is just too low now for popular projects.
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jonhohle • today at 1:45 AM
It’s not just popular projects. On a small utility I have I received a PR that was more lines than the project had. I’m happy to be a good maintainer, but reviewing something that’s effectively an AI rewrite isn’t something I care to review and since I can’t vet it, can’t blindly accept it.
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hsbauauvhabzb • today at 1:01 AM
I think some sort of reputation score would make more sense, assuming it’s possible to design one that can’t be easily faked
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Forks need to be normalized again.
Logistically & brand-wise, they're messy to deal with, but they result in a "filter" of sorts that the original project can pick & choose to upstream back into their code.