Development PracticesConference50min
Surviving the "AI Slopageddon": How AI shakes the foundations of Open Source
Vibe Coding boosts productivity but overwhelms open-source maintainers with low-quality AI-generated pull requests, hallucinated bug reports, and autonomous agents. This talk examines AI’s existential threat to open source and proposes defensive strategies such as stricter access, restructuring workflows, and machine-adapted governance.
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Raphael SemeteysWorldline
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Wednesday, October 7, 16:40-17:30
TBA 3
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Vibe Coding promises unprecedented productivity. But for open source maintainers, this revolution feels more like an onslaught. Between the deluge of low-quality Pull Requests (AI Slop), hallucinated bug reports, and the rise of aggressive autonomous agents, the open-source social contract is broken.
This presentation explores the existential threat AI poses to the ecosystem and outlines new defensive strategies (closing the door, reorganizing the house, machine-adapted governance, etc.).
This presentation explores the existential threat AI poses to the ecosystem and outlines new defensive strategies (closing the door, reorganizing the house, machine-adapted governance, etc.).
Raphael Semeteys
I am a technologist and Content Producer with over 25 years of experience across software engineering, open-source communities, and emerging tech. My current focus is on the frontiers of Generative AI, specifically local LLMs, image generation (Stable Diffusion), and Agentic AI.
Throughout my career, I’ve balanced technical leadership with a passion for knowledge sharing. I created the QSOS method for open source evaluation and recently explored the intersection of "vibe-coding" and storytelling by publishing AI-assisted techno-thrillers.
A frequent speaker at international conferences like Devoxx, Open Source Experience, and various DevFests, I enjoy deconstructing complex ecosystems—from Web3 architecture to multimodal AI—into clear, actionable insights. I also bring a unique perspective to tech by integrating holistic yoga practices into my approach to innovation and engineering.
More about me: https://raphiki.github.io/
Throughout my career, I’ve balanced technical leadership with a passion for knowledge sharing. I created the QSOS method for open source evaluation and recently explored the intersection of "vibe-coding" and storytelling by publishing AI-assisted techno-thrillers.
A frequent speaker at international conferences like Devoxx, Open Source Experience, and various DevFests, I enjoy deconstructing complex ecosystems—from Web3 architecture to multimodal AI—into clear, actionable insights. I also bring a unique perspective to tech by integrating holistic yoga practices into my approach to innovation and engineering.
More about me: https://raphiki.github.io/