Open Source Died Yesterday. AI Killed It. What Replaces It Is Worse.
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One of the world's largest Next.js open source projects. Done. Co-founder Bailey Pumfleet figures that sharing your code in the age of AI is like handing out the blueprint to a bank vault to 100x hackers than before. His partner Peer Richelsen followed up, saying any open-source application is at risk and should take all or the sensitive parts private. Meanwhile, Peter steipete (OpenClaw/OpenAI) responded "bad news" with a screenshot of GPT 5.4-Cyber reverse-engineering closed source without breaking a sweat. TLDR: Cal.com is right to be scared.