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That was the reason a few years ago I started this project. It seems like software in AI-era should be distributed open source. So that anyone could tweak it

That was the reason a few years ago I started this project. It seems like software in AI-era should be distributed open source. So that anyone could tweak it however he wants. Not though clunky plugins system.

philipallstar 5mo ago
> It seems like software in AI-era should be distributed open source. That makes it easy for AI to be trained on it.
- theultdev 5mo ago
  Yeah, also makes it easy for humans to train on it. That's the point of open source, sharing the knowledge. We'll all make the same shit over and over if noone shares. But if we all share, then the only thing left to make is the unknown.
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  - philipallstar 5mo ago
    That doesn't explain why particularly in the AI era software should be easily accessible. All that stuff you said isn't relevant as it applies in the pre-AI era as well.
    - theultdev 5mo ago
      If anything it matters more. I want both myself and my AI agents to have as much knowledge as possible. Sharing is always better.
- stevenhuang 5mo ago
  Good.
trvz 5mo ago
And the developers get compensated for their work how?
- zakirullin 5mo ago
  That's yet to be decided :D For the first time, I put a sponsorship button. Will see if it works.
- pests 5mo ago
  The same way they do now?
- helloplanets 5mo ago
  Feels like a lot of apps that launch these days have an open source core app and a subscription based platform. The subscription based platform with automatic cloud hosting and other quality of life features, whatever those are depending on the app. Although there's a bunch of 100% open source projects and developers that get enough donations to make it their full time job just off of that. Not that it's the way to go if you want to get rich, but it's still very much a real thing.
- drumttocs8 5mo ago
  Are you asking how the open source ecosystem works in general? In my experience, if the dev wishes to be compensated in dollars, they also sell a commercial license, cloud services, etc.
- whateveracct 5mo ago
  get a job
- portmanteur 5mo ago
  Given the explosion of open source released projects I've seen over the past six months, I believe developers are getting compensated by the tool they are building for themselves creating real value for them. I have a problem, I spend a few days building a tool that solves the problem, it works pretty well for me, and I release it to let others get value from it. They make tweaks to it, perhaps improve it, and I get value from those enhancements and bugfixes.
thayne 5mo ago
> So that anyone could tweak it however he wants. That was true before the "AI era" as well.
- zakirullin 5mo ago
  Well, yes. Just now, any regular user can clone the repository and ask an LLM to tune it to his needs.
  - finghin 5mo ago
    I never thought about this before, and it hasn’t been mentioned significantly in the vast amount of AI threads I read here. But it’s a really good point as skeptical as I am (in mid-2026) of AI first codebases
    - zakirullin 5mo ago
      BTW, this is not an AI codebase :) It was mostly crafted by hand. Let's say, I've saved some "complexity space" for LLM to add features on top. In other words, the project has dumb-simple code right now, and it is ready to hold some amount of "tech-debt" from an LLM.
      - finghin 5mo ago
        Interesting and probably prescient approach, good luck
    - adam_beck 5mo ago
      Tanner Lisnley did this with React. He didn't share it but talked about his experience. Basically, he re-wrote React with only the parts he was interested in. Sort of like his own version of Preact. You might be interested in his blog post about the subject: https://tannerlinsley.com/posts/projecting-react https://tannerlinsley.com/posts/projecting-react
gbro3n 5mo ago
Congratulations on making it tonthe front page. I think your app looks like a brilliant notes app implementation, and there's obviously demand. When I launched https://www.asnotes.io https://www.asnotes.io earlier this year (An extension that turns VS Code in to an Obsidian like PKMS) it made the number 4 spot. It's clearly something that people see as important and draws a lot of opinions. I hope your project does well.
- zakirullin 5mo ago
  Thanks for writing this! That was a long journey for me :) Good luck with your project as well.

philipallstar 5mo ago

> It seems like software in AI-era should be distributed open source. That makes it easy for AI to be trained on it.

theultdev 5mo ago
Yeah, also makes it easy for humans to train on it. That's the point of open source, sharing the knowledge. We'll all make the same shit over and over if noone shares. But if we all share, then the only thing left to make is the unknown.
- deleted 5mo ago
  [deleted]
- philipallstar 5mo ago
  That doesn't explain why particularly in the AI era software should be easily accessible. All that stuff you said isn't relevant as it applies in the pre-AI era as well.
  - theultdev 5mo ago
    If anything it matters more. I want both myself and my AI agents to have as much knowledge as possible. Sharing is always better.
stevenhuang 5mo ago
Good.

trvz 5mo ago

And the developers get compensated for their work how?

zakirullin 5mo ago
That's yet to be decided :D For the first time, I put a sponsorship button. Will see if it works.
pests 5mo ago
The same way they do now?
helloplanets 5mo ago
Feels like a lot of apps that launch these days have an open source core app and a subscription based platform. The subscription based platform with automatic cloud hosting and other quality of life features, whatever those are depending on the app. Although there's a bunch of 100% open source projects and developers that get enough donations to make it their full time job just off of that. Not that it's the way to go if you want to get rich, but it's still very much a real thing.
drumttocs8 5mo ago
Are you asking how the open source ecosystem works in general? In my experience, if the dev wishes to be compensated in dollars, they also sell a commercial license, cloud services, etc.
whateveracct 5mo ago
get a job
portmanteur 5mo ago
Given the explosion of open source released projects I've seen over the past six months, I believe developers are getting compensated by the tool they are building for themselves creating real value for them. I have a problem, I spend a few days building a tool that solves the problem, it works pretty well for me, and I release it to let others get value from it. They make tweaks to it, perhaps improve it, and I get value from those enhancements and bugfixes.

thayne 5mo ago

> So that anyone could tweak it however he wants. That was true before the "AI era" as well.

zakirullin 5mo ago
Well, yes. Just now, any regular user can clone the repository and ask an LLM to tune it to his needs.
- finghin 5mo ago
  I never thought about this before, and it hasn’t been mentioned significantly in the vast amount of AI threads I read here. But it’s a really good point as skeptical as I am (in mid-2026) of AI first codebases
  - zakirullin 5mo ago
    BTW, this is not an AI codebase :) It was mostly crafted by hand. Let's say, I've saved some "complexity space" for LLM to add features on top. In other words, the project has dumb-simple code right now, and it is ready to hold some amount of "tech-debt" from an LLM.
    - finghin 5mo ago
      Interesting and probably prescient approach, good luck
  - adam_beck 5mo ago
    Tanner Lisnley did this with React. He didn't share it but talked about his experience. Basically, he re-wrote React with only the parts he was interested in. Sort of like his own version of Preact. You might be interested in his blog post about the subject: https://tannerlinsley.com/posts/projecting-react https://tannerlinsley.com/posts/projecting-react

gbro3n 5mo ago

Congratulations on making it tonthe front page. I think your app looks like a brilliant notes app implementation, and there's obviously demand. When I launched https://www.asnotes.io https://www.asnotes.io earlier this year (An extension that turns VS Code in to an Obsidian like PKMS) it made the number 4 spot. It's clearly something that people see as important and draws a lot of opinions. I hope your project does well.

zakirullin 5mo ago
Thanks for writing this! That was a long journey for me :) Good luck with your project as well.