This new era of tariffs and retaliatory measures may ripple through the tech sector and accelerate interest in open-source alternatives like openSUSE. Busine...

The European Commission sees open-source software as more than an IT tool. Policy makers are encouraging open-source ecosystems to drive innovation, autonomy and collaboration in a world where global trade is being redrawn.

This trade dispute highlights something most open-source advocates have known for years: open source is freedom. It’s freedom from monopolies, freedom from arbitrary pricing, and freedom from foreign influence.

  • qyron@sopuli.xyz
    421·
    11 days ago

    I won’t hold my breath on it.

    Up until this minute, AI has produced plentiful examples of how it can produce anything but good code.

    I’d rather have a developer writing software, slowly, because they have an intelectual itch and want to try and see the outcome of their idea than the proverbial army of monkeys furiously typing away.

    • darkkite@lemmy.ml
      6·
      11 days ago

      It’s pretty useful replacing stack overflow that could also generate code specific to your project. It’s also useful for testing. Like any tool, it has its use cases.

      • qyron@sopuli.xyz
        7·
        11 days ago

        I sometimes float the idea in my brain to learn how to code. If I ever come to it, I want to debate and discuss my work with another human. Not a machine.

        Personal preference.

    • AustralianSimon@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      11 days ago

      The other problem is unlike stack overflow, a helpful answer by an AI isn’t visible and indexed therefore someone else has to do another prompt for the potential answer.