AI slop PRs flooding GitHub open-source repos as coder demand falls
Key claims
- LLM-generated code is burying open-source projects in low-quality pull requests while artists are now more in demand than programmers.
- GitHub's issue search is reportedly 404ing for every repository.
Volume over time
Peak 1 mentions/hour · 2 hourly buckets
Source threads (2)
Every thread this story was extracted from, with live and archive links so the evidence is verifiable.
- /g/109579992 ↗ live · archive alarmed breaking 16 replies GitHub's issue search is reportedly 404ing for every repository.
- /g/109567036 ↗ live · archive gloating developing 94 replies LLM-generated code is burying open-source projects in low-quality pull requests while artists are now more in demand than programmers.
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