For most of us, as much as we enjoy making clever things, without the context of a job there aren't that many fun problems we have time to engage with.
replyIt matters because doing so used to be worthwhile economically. Now it is exclusively a part-time for people who have time to do it for fun.
I'm still in business myself and I see the problems. But the article was not about what you suggest. It was about contributing open-source to a community and whether it is still worthwhile and fun, even if some community exponents started to use LLMs.
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reply>Why should I care if other people use LLMs to do so?
replyNo man is an island. I've been watching my love for programming die as I've seen so many of my peers and engineering heroes turn into vibe coders.
Community is a powerful thing.