Vibe coding+Open source → Maintainer crisis^*

Signs

• GitHub Blog, 12 Feb 2026: an “Eternal September” of low-quality AI contributions to open source
• cURL ended its bug bounty over a flood of AI reports (26 Jan 2026); Ghostty accepts contributions only when vouched for (Feb 2026)

⚑ Backed by

• Internet & infrastructure / Mario Zechner: “Infrastructure that's falling apart”

Facts

• cURL ends its bug bounty program over a flood of AI reports · 26 Jan 2026
• GitHub calls the flood of unchecked AI contributions the “Eternal September” of open source · 12 Feb 2026
• Ghostty accepts pull requests only from vouched contributors: AI has made it too trivial to generate plausible-looking but low-quality contributions · Feb 2026

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