I'm somewhat surprised with Github's strategy in the AI times.
I understand how appealing it is to build an AI coding agent and all that, but shouldn't they - above everything else - make sure they remain THE platform for code distribution, collaboration and alike? And it doesnt need to be humans, that can be agents as well.
They should serve the AI agent world first and foremost. Cause if they dont pull that off, and dont pull off building one of the best coding agents - whcih so far they didnt - there isn't much left.
There's so many new features needed in this new world. Really unclear why we hear so little about it, while maintainers smack the alarm bell that they're drowning in slop.
Microsoft’s real goal is selling Copilot seats and pushing Azure, not building a neutral playground for third-party agents. There is just no money for them in being the backend for someone else's AI.
As for the AI spam, GitHub's internal metrics have always been tied to engagement and PR volume. Blocking all that AI slop would instantly drop their growth numbers, so it is easier for them to just pass the cleanup cost onto open-source maintainers.
I understand how appealing it is to build an AI coding agent and all that, but shouldn't they - above everything else - make sure they remain THE platform for code distribution, collaboration and alike? And it doesnt need to be humans, that can be agents as well.
They should serve the AI agent world first and foremost. Cause if they dont pull that off, and dont pull off building one of the best coding agents - whcih so far they didnt - there isn't much left.
There's so many new features needed in this new world. Really unclear why we hear so little about it, while maintainers smack the alarm bell that they're drowning in slop.