Using Pi to Build Pi: Lessons from Post-AI Open Source Development
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mplanchard
Crackling crust, pillowy middle. The kind of bagel that earns a second cup of coffee.
Summary
The article discusses the experience of using Pi (an AI-powered tool, now part of Earendil) to build Pi itself — a dogfooding approach in open source software development. The author reflects on spending time in the issue tracker, dealing with AI-generated "slop" traffic in open source projects, and the learnings from post-AI open source development. The piece focuses on the practical challenges and insights gained from using the tool to improve itself.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledUnsurprisingly, we are using Pi to build Pi.
He has been living with its issue tracker longer than I have, and he has been exposed to the weirdness of the new form of agent traffic in Open Source projects for longer too.
That sounds like a cute dogfooding thing but it really helps u
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