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AI tooling must be disclosed for contributions

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728 points freetonik | 1 comments | 21 Aug 25 18:49 UTC | HN request time: 0.208s | source
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andruby ◴[21 Aug 25 20:28 UTC] No.44977657[source]▶
> I try to assist inexperienced contributors and coach them to the finish line, because getting a PR accepted is an achievement to be proud of

I really appreciate this point from mitchellh. Giving thoughtful constructive feedback to help a junior developer improve is a gift. Yet it would be a waste of time if the PR submitter is just going to pass it to an AI without learning from it.

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ants_everywhere ◴[21 Aug 25 23:10 UTC] No.44979267[source]▶
Junior developers are entering a workforce where they will never not be using AI
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1. hagbarth ◴[22 Aug 25 07:12 UTC] No.44981765[source]▶
They will still need to learn to recognise if the output from AI is good or not.