Comment by 827a

> The question is more fundamental. In a world of AI coding assistants, is code from external contributors actually valuable at all?

Everything comes down to this. Its not just open source projects; companies are also slowly adjusting to this reality.

There's roughly two characteristics that humans need in this new environment: Long-ranging technical leadership about how the system should be built (Lead+ Software Engineer), and deep product knowledge about how its used (PM).