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The author argues that devtools must be open source because AI agents make it practical to personalize software and automatically rebase local changes on upstream releases, using examples from their agent Shelley and the meat.dev project.
The author observes that LLMs/AI are making DIY software tinkering accessible for the first time, as evidenced by the rapid growth of projects like OpenClaw and the reMarkable Riddle repo, suggesting that many people will prefer to customize software themselves rather than buy commercial solutions.