Armin Ronacher 'Building Pi With Pi' — 3,145 External Issues/PRs in 90 Days, Under 10% Merged, AI Flooding Open Source

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Armin Ronacher (Flask/Ruff creator) published a deep analysis on May 24 showing how AI agent contributions are overwhelming open source. Pi received 3,145 external issues/PRs from non-team members in 90 days — 95% were 'clanker-generated and largely inaccurate,' under 10% of PRs merged, and only 17% of auto-closed issues reopened. His core argument: cheap AI workarounds are discouraging the human collaboration that makes OSS sustainable.