Posts tagged: predictions

I’m tracking results of 2026 Predictions [1] more open source, less open contribution # [2] 2026 is not the year to build hardware # [3] Agents will overwork us # [4] External Link steve-yegge.medium.com [5] 2026 is to ai as 2012 was for js frameworks # [6] References: [1]: /2026-predictions/ [2]: #more-open-source-less-open-contribution [3]: #2026-is-not-the-year-to-build-hardware [4]: #agents-will-overwork-us [5]: https://steve-yegge.medium.com/the-ai-vampire-eda6e4f07163 [6]: #2026-is-to-ai-as-2012-was-for-js-frameworks

I’m late on this one so I’ve seen everyone else’s. I’ll try my best to make some bold predictions I’ve not seen elsewhere more open source, less open contribution # [1] I predict that this is the point in time that we see an explosion of open source, but more projects than ever going the way of sqlite, Livestream, android, unreal engine, aesprite. It is getting so easy for agents to generate 10k lines of code in a few hours. This makes it easy for folks who have ideas they want to create to create them. It also makes it much harder to accept outside contributions when they make such massive changes. Thirdly it will be easier for folks to just make their own fork to do what they want. Right now it’s hard to name 5 big open source, closed contribution projects by the end of the year there will be 5 more that are recognizable. I think more open contribution will go the way of [[ whenwords ]], spec driven development. This is very high level. Very easy to understand a large portion ...