Devtools must be open source (exe.dev)
Simon Willison's Weblog 4 weeks ago 21 ● 4 sources
An open-source advocate argues that LLMs have reduced the friction for end-users to examine and modify software code by automating compilation and initial setup tasks. Previously, setup overhead made code inspection impractical for most developers; now AI tools like Claude can clone repositories, build projects, and report findings in minutes. This shifts open-source software from theoretical freedom to practical accessibility for ordinary programmers.