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It seems even worse than that: the fevered dream of of a single person, leaving behind incomprehensible 5mil+ program shaped around custom coding practices that

It seems even worse than that: the fevered dream of of a single person, leaving behind incomprehensible 5mil+ program shaped around custom coding practices that others wouldn't understand and would struggle to modernize. (For reference, the linux kernel is ~8mil.) Even open sourced, it's likely it would be hard to maintain or extend without that intimate knowledge.

layer8 4y ago
LLMs might become helpful here.
bell-cot 4y ago
THIS. "Open Source" removes one of many barriers to the code being well-maintained over time. "I'm sure that somebody qualified will step up and..." is exactly the sort of wishful thinking that got them into the current mess.