Ishan Sachdeva argues that GitHub Sponsors crossing $100 million for open-source maintainers is being offset by unpaid review time spent on AI-generated slop pull requests and reports, turning maintainer attention into a new sustainability bottleneck.
GitHub Sponsors Hit $100 Million. AI Slop Is Costing Open Source More.
Ishan Sachdeva argues that GitHub Sponsors crossing $100 million for open-source maintainers is being offset by unpaid review time spent on AI-generated slop pull requests and reports, turning maintainer attention into a new sustainability bottleneck.
Source: Ishansa