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Please Don't Start An Open Source Project, Join One
Summary
The blog post argues against starting new open source projects, suggesting instead that developers should join existing ones. It highlights the overwhelming number of poorly managed or low-quality projects emerging, exacerbated by AI's influence on submissions and pulls requests (PRs).
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