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I decided to not open source my latest project but it has nothing to do with security concerns. My code is perfectly secure and bug-free. My concern is mostly

I decided to not open source my latest project but it has nothing to do with security concerns. My code is perfectly secure and bug-free. My concern is mostly financial. Most people would be in a better position to monetize my software than I am... Using AI to obfuscate the origin while appropriating all the key innovations. I wouldn't get any credit. Also, I'm not really interested in humans anymore. I have human fatigue.

flkiwi 6mo ago
> My code is perfectly secure and bug-free. I mean, bold statement but statistically speaking it's almost certainly incorrect. I will say that, irrespective of whether source is open or closed, I would be deeply skeptical of a project that made this assertion.
- robocat 6mo ago
  I assumed they were trying to be humorous . Although I find that type of humour obnoxious enough that it would put me off the project.
  - flkiwi 6mo ago
    I gave it a good minute of reading and re-reading because I thought it SURELY was meant tongue in cheek, but I couldn’t make it work.
    - robocat 6mo ago
      Maybe I was being too generous - jongjong seems cynical and old enough but can't read similar "humour" from others: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47426320 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47426320 I previously failed to summarise HN guidelines on sarcasm: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38585465 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38585465
pixl97 6mo ago
>My concern is mostly financial. Then AI will eat your lunch anyway if the financial part has anything at all to do with the code. AI can decompile code very well.
- rule_of_cool 6mo ago
  have you like used AI? it's barely usable for anything other than grunt work. You actually have to tell the truth for the cynical but correct trope to work. If it's about now might be time to re-calibrate the hype, if it's about the future, well then there the worst case scenario is far worse than the worst case scenario cynics and LLM company CEOs talk about, human extinction is really the medium bad case if they actually manage to create AGI.
poorcedural 6mo ago
Humans are fine, the problem is your worth.
rule_of_cool 6mo ago
I mean that's fair enough but I don't think one person keeping their code closed source really changes all that much. And it depends on what your software does, no-ones out there really replacing (while actually saving any money at least) anything complicated with vibecoding, and GPL violations already happened before.

flkiwi 6mo ago

> My code is perfectly secure and bug-free. I mean, bold statement but statistically speaking it's almost certainly incorrect. I will say that, irrespective of whether source is open or closed, I would be deeply skeptical of a project that made this assertion.

robocat 6mo ago
I assumed they were trying to be humorous . Although I find that type of humour obnoxious enough that it would put me off the project.
- flkiwi 6mo ago
  I gave it a good minute of reading and re-reading because I thought it SURELY was meant tongue in cheek, but I couldn’t make it work.
  - robocat 6mo ago
    Maybe I was being too generous - jongjong seems cynical and old enough but can't read similar "humour" from others: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47426320 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47426320 I previously failed to summarise HN guidelines on sarcasm: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38585465 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38585465

pixl97 6mo ago

>My concern is mostly financial. Then AI will eat your lunch anyway if the financial part has anything at all to do with the code. AI can decompile code very well.

rule_of_cool 6mo ago
have you like used AI? it's barely usable for anything other than grunt work. You actually have to tell the truth for the cynical but correct trope to work. If it's about now might be time to re-calibrate the hype, if it's about the future, well then there the worst case scenario is far worse than the worst case scenario cynics and LLM company CEOs talk about, human extinction is really the medium bad case if they actually manage to create AGI.

poorcedural 6mo ago

Humans are fine, the problem is your worth.

rule_of_cool 6mo ago

I mean that's fair enough but I don't think one person keeping their code closed source really changes all that much. And it depends on what your software does, no-ones out there really replacing (while actually saving any money at least) anything complicated with vibecoding, and GPL violations already happened before.