The latest articles on DEV Community by Killswitch (@arima57). https://dev.to/arima57 https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F1928976%2Fc6f25f0f-3f97-4c88-9b39-e77f8607d8d1.jpeg https://dev.to/arima57 en Killswitch Fri, 23 Oct 2026 11:04:48 +0000 https://dev.to/arima57/open-source-seems-less-and-less-appealing-everyday-54f7 https://dev.to/arima57/open-source-seems-less-and-less-appealing-everyday-54f7 <p>(Sorry if this sounds like a rant but here I go) Guys, I'm a young developer. It hasn't been that long since I've reached adulthood. So yes, I might lack maturity. But thanks to how the development space is changing, to me at least, the future looks more bleak than I guess it would look to a 45 y/o senior engineer.</p> <p>So my question as someone young, who contributes to a bunch of open source repos every once in a while and does maintain a bunch of his own repos, what is the point of maintaining open source projects if the same projects would be used for training models SPECIFICALLY TARGETTING TO PHASE ME OUT ?</p> <p>That's all. Please do understand that I'm trying to ask a sincere question and lack the experience and maturity to come up with good answers myself. Thank you.</p> ai opensource career existentialcrisis