Joshua Poddoku
@joshuapoddoku.com
Open Source technology evangelist, DevRel, Apache Committer. I help businesses apply first-principles thinking to community, GTM and governance around OSS.
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The shop that closes at five
Local providers are invisible to the people nearby. A working paper on Clansurf: offline, community-governed nodes that help neighbours find each other.
www.clansurf.com
Just published a working paper: The Shop That Closes at Five.
It details Clansurf project that studies small, community-governed nodes connecting local value providers and patrons without internet, apps, middleman fees, or platform tax.
Read it here: www.clansurf.com
It details Clansurf project that studies small, community-governed nodes connecting local value providers and patrons without internet, apps, middleman fees, or platform tax.
Read it here: www.clansurf.com
what matters the most is your "community"
Not the one you built the "corporate way" who come in, get the help, and exit.
We need more of natural communities if want to build a thriving OSS tech business.
Not the one you built the "corporate way" who come in, get the help, and exit.
We need more of natural communities if want to build a thriving OSS tech business.
September 15, 2026 at 11:08 PM
what matters the most is your "community"
Not the one you built the "corporate way" who come in, get the help, and exit.
We need more of natural communities if want to build a thriving OSS tech business.
Not the one you built the "corporate way" who come in, get the help, and exit.
We need more of natural communities if want to build a thriving OSS tech business.
60% of 1,951 posts about AI-written code sound wary of AI. Mood: Pushback, 19/100.
15 September, 2026
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15 September, 2026
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Community Signals | Joshua Poddoku
An automated read on how people on Bluesky and Hacker News are talking about AI-written code, from public posts matching a fixed set of phrases.
www.joshuapoddoku.com
September 15, 2026 at 6:29 PM
60% of 1,951 posts about AI-written code sound wary of AI. Mood: Pushback, 19/100.
15 September, 2026
Via Community Signals by @joshuapoddoku.com
www.joshuapoddoku.com/community-si...
15 September, 2026
Via Community Signals by @joshuapoddoku.com
www.joshuapoddoku.com/community-si...
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59% of 1,799 posts about AI-written code sound wary of AI. Mood: Pushback, 19/100. Community Signals by @joshuapoddoku.com
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Community Signals | Joshua Poddoku
An automated read on how people on Bluesky and Hacker News are talking about AI-written code, from public posts matching a fixed set of phrases.
www.joshuapoddoku.com
September 14, 2026 at 10:09 PM
This is proudly powered by @astro.build and will be sharing real-time updates on the state of AI-written code.
59% of 1,799 posts about AI-written code sound wary of AI. Mood: Pushback, 19/100. Community Signals by @joshuapoddoku.com
www.joshuapoddoku.com/community-si...
www.joshuapoddoku.com/community-si...
Community Signals | Joshua Poddoku
An automated read on how people on Bluesky and Hacker News are talking about AI-written code, from public posts matching a fixed set of phrases.
www.joshuapoddoku.com
September 14, 2026 at 9:56 PM
59% of 1,799 posts about AI-written code sound wary of AI. Mood: Pushback, 19/100. Community Signals by @joshuapoddoku.com
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1/ How do Open Source projects stay open when AI pull requests take hours to review?
Since Sep 4 I've been tracking 1,700+ posts on AI-generated code. These are the problems that keep coming up 🧵
Since Sep 4 I've been tracking 1,700+ posts on AI-generated code. These are the problems that keep coming up 🧵
September 14, 2026 at 8:45 PM
1/ How do Open Source projects stay open when AI pull requests take hours to review?
Since Sep 4 I've been tracking 1,700+ posts on AI-generated code. These are the problems that keep coming up 🧵
Since Sep 4 I've been tracking 1,700+ posts on AI-generated code. These are the problems that keep coming up 🧵
You can also view the working paper on zenodo: zenodo.org/records/2275...
September 14, 2026 at 5:14 PM
You can also view the working paper on zenodo: zenodo.org/records/2275...
Reposted by Joshua Poddoku
43% of developers can't tell AI-generated code from their own. GitLab's 2026 report names it as the industry's biggest AI-coding blind spot. From AI Guild Blue: why a better prompt won't fix it.
Design Systems Are Now Interfaces AI Agents Read — Most Aren't Built For That - AI Guild Blue
AI coding agents don't read your design system as a constraint — they approximate it from whatever they can see, and the gap compounds silently. The fix is structural: turn tokens and components into a contract the agent builds through, not around.
aiguild.blue
September 14, 2026 at 6:30 AM
43% of developers can't tell AI-generated code from their own. GitLab's 2026 report names it as the industry's biggest AI-coding blind spot. From AI Guild Blue: why a better prompt won't fix it.
Just published a working paper: The Shop That Closes at Five.
It details Clansurf project that studies small, community-governed nodes connecting local value providers and patrons without internet, apps, middleman fees, or platform tax.
Read it here: www.clansurf.com
It details Clansurf project that studies small, community-governed nodes connecting local value providers and patrons without internet, apps, middleman fees, or platform tax.
Read it here: www.clansurf.com
The shop that closes at five
Local providers are invisible to the people nearby. A working paper on Clansurf: offline, community-governed nodes that help neighbours find each other.
www.clansurf.com
September 12, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Just published a working paper: The Shop That Closes at Five.
It details Clansurf project that studies small, community-governed nodes connecting local value providers and patrons without internet, apps, middleman fees, or platform tax.
Read it here: www.clansurf.com
It details Clansurf project that studies small, community-governed nodes connecting local value providers and patrons without internet, apps, middleman fees, or platform tax.
Read it here: www.clansurf.com
Who’s the biggest asset you need to protect during unexpected times?
Your company (business + team)
Your product or R&D
Your people (community, users)
Your company (business + team)
Your product or R&D
Your people (community, users)
September 12, 2026 at 11:34 AM
Who’s the biggest asset you need to protect during unexpected times?
Your company (business + team)
Your product or R&D
Your people (community, users)
Your company (business + team)
Your product or R&D
Your people (community, users)
1/5 I have been following how Open Source talks about AI-written code, across @bsky.app and Hacker News. The numbers are on my site and update twice a day.
This week: 2,214 posts. 36% negative, 41% positive, 23% neutral.
joshuapoddoku.com/community-signals
This week: 2,214 posts. 36% negative, 41% positive, 23% neutral.
joshuapoddoku.com/community-signals
Community Signals | Joshua Poddoku
An automated read on how Open Source contributors and users are talking about AI and LLM-written code, tracked across Hacker News and Bluesky.
joshuapoddoku.com
September 11, 2026 at 1:00 PM
1/5 I have been following how Open Source talks about AI-written code, across @bsky.app and Hacker News. The numbers are on my site and update twice a day.
This week: 2,214 posts. 36% negative, 41% positive, 23% neutral.
joshuapoddoku.com/community-signals
This week: 2,214 posts. 36% negative, 41% positive, 23% neutral.
joshuapoddoku.com/community-signals
Reposted by Joshua Poddoku
Would you accept an AI-generated pull request the contributor hasn't tested?
Turso CEO Glauber Costa expects contributors to understand and test their code, even when AI writes it.
Hear his conversation with JD on MTAR EP60: youtu.be/WA60GRxVpU4
#OpenSource
Turso CEO Glauber Costa expects contributors to understand and test their code, even when AI writes it.
Hear his conversation with JD on MTAR EP60: youtu.be/WA60GRxVpU4
#OpenSource
MTAR 60: Why AI Is Overwhelming Open Source Maintainers
YouTube video by Command Prompt, Inc.
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September 10, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Would you accept an AI-generated pull request the contributor hasn't tested?
Turso CEO Glauber Costa expects contributors to understand and test their code, even when AI writes it.
Hear his conversation with JD on MTAR EP60: youtu.be/WA60GRxVpU4
#OpenSource
Turso CEO Glauber Costa expects contributors to understand and test their code, even when AI writes it.
Hear his conversation with JD on MTAR EP60: youtu.be/WA60GRxVpU4
#OpenSource
Reposted by Joshua Poddoku
I keep hearing folks say "delete all your skills" when a new model comes out.
No - skills can be pipelines of work, not just "this is how you interact with a service". Audit, eval, don't just blindly delete.
I wrote about this here:
jimbobbennett.dev/blogs/skills...
No - skills can be pipelines of work, not just "this is how you interact with a service". Audit, eval, don't just blindly delete.
I wrote about this here:
jimbobbennett.dev/blogs/skills...
Don't delete your skills, audit them
Boris Cherny says to delete your CLAUDE.md, skills, and hooks every six months. That's good advice for one kind of skill and dangerous for another. Here's how to tell them apart, and why the skills th...
jimbobbennett.dev
September 4, 2026 at 9:15 PM
I keep hearing folks say "delete all your skills" when a new model comes out.
No - skills can be pipelines of work, not just "this is how you interact with a service". Audit, eval, don't just blindly delete.
I wrote about this here:
jimbobbennett.dev/blogs/skills...
No - skills can be pipelines of work, not just "this is how you interact with a service". Audit, eval, don't just blindly delete.
I wrote about this here:
jimbobbennett.dev/blogs/skills...
1/8 Commercialization of Open Source, with so many new companies shipping vaporware, abuses the true spirit of the OSS community. Open Source must value contributors, both code and non-code. Sad to see founders with no OSS background take so long to understand this.
September 8, 2026 at 10:39 AM
1/8 Commercialization of Open Source, with so many new companies shipping vaporware, abuses the true spirit of the OSS community. Open Source must value contributors, both code and non-code. Sad to see founders with no OSS background take so long to understand this.
There is good chance for the intrinsic value of the community be restored. Across your street, OSS, startups and basically everywhere. What a time to witness.
September 7, 2026 at 7:32 PM
There is good chance for the intrinsic value of the community be restored. Across your street, OSS, startups and basically everywhere. What a time to witness.
AI agents contributing code 24/7 doesn't build community.
It just creates review overhead and user noise. Founders who devalue #DevRel forget that code is cheap, but trust is hard.
Ever dealt with maintainers dismissing non-code work?
Drop your experience below or reply -- happy to help navigate.
It just creates review overhead and user noise. Founders who devalue #DevRel forget that code is cheap, but trust is hard.
Ever dealt with maintainers dismissing non-code work?
Drop your experience below or reply -- happy to help navigate.
September 7, 2026 at 3:02 PM
AI agents contributing code 24/7 doesn't build community.
It just creates review overhead and user noise. Founders who devalue #DevRel forget that code is cheap, but trust is hard.
Ever dealt with maintainers dismissing non-code work?
Drop your experience below or reply -- happy to help navigate.
It just creates review overhead and user noise. Founders who devalue #DevRel forget that code is cheap, but trust is hard.
Ever dealt with maintainers dismissing non-code work?
Drop your experience below or reply -- happy to help navigate.
Reposted by Joshua Poddoku
Stop prompting. Start specifying.
Without a clear spec, AI writes code that drifts from your requirements.
For Java developers and architects who want to use AI seriously.
Early Bird tickets are still available:
luma.com/gwz1mnt5
Without a clear spec, AI writes code that drifts from your requirements.
For Java developers and architects who want to use AI seriously.
Early Bird tickets are still available:
luma.com/gwz1mnt5
Spec-Driven Development with the AI Unified Process · Zoom · Luma
Stop prompting. Start specifying. Most developers use AI as a faster way to write code. But without clear specifications, AI generates hallucinations,…
luma.com
September 4, 2026 at 7:55 AM
Stop prompting. Start specifying.
Without a clear spec, AI writes code that drifts from your requirements.
For Java developers and architects who want to use AI seriously.
Early Bird tickets are still available:
luma.com/gwz1mnt5
Without a clear spec, AI writes code that drifts from your requirements.
For Java developers and architects who want to use AI seriously.
Early Bird tickets are still available:
luma.com/gwz1mnt5
An exceptional human being and a great friend! Welcome to @bsky.app
Hey everyone!
I'm Alisha, a product designer who left her 9-5 to start a bodycare and homecare brand, Basileia. I'm now building FlowPlanned, a local-first digital planner. Looking forward to connecting with founders, product, and community people.
I'm Alisha, a product designer who left her 9-5 to start a bodycare and homecare brand, Basileia. I'm now building FlowPlanned, a local-first digital planner. Looking forward to connecting with founders, product, and community people.
September 6, 2026 at 9:32 PM
An exceptional human being and a great friend! Welcome to @bsky.app
feels good to be here @bsky.app finally
help me reach Open Source world
I'm building a community-led engineering talk series to discuss real problems and to genuinely help others navigate the human-agentic shift!
Feel free to DM or share what you're building!
Happy to connect :)
help me reach Open Source world
I'm building a community-led engineering talk series to discuss real problems and to genuinely help others navigate the human-agentic shift!
Feel free to DM or share what you're building!
Happy to connect :)
September 6, 2026 at 8:28 PM
feels good to be here @bsky.app finally
help me reach Open Source world
I'm building a community-led engineering talk series to discuss real problems and to genuinely help others navigate the human-agentic shift!
Feel free to DM or share what you're building!
Happy to connect :)
help me reach Open Source world
I'm building a community-led engineering talk series to discuss real problems and to genuinely help others navigate the human-agentic shift!
Feel free to DM or share what you're building!
Happy to connect :)
"Agents can open 30 PRs a day. Humans can’t review them.”
Launching Engineering Unscripted (Oct–Dec 2026) -- a talk series on the human-agentic shift.
Topics:
• Spec-Driven Dev
• OSS in 2027
• The Review Queue
Open call for founders, maintainers & builders.
📩 DM/email [email protected]
Launching Engineering Unscripted (Oct–Dec 2026) -- a talk series on the human-agentic shift.
Topics:
• Spec-Driven Dev
• OSS in 2027
• The Review Queue
Open call for founders, maintainers & builders.
📩 DM/email [email protected]
September 6, 2026 at 7:54 PM
"Agents can open 30 PRs a day. Humans can’t review them.”
Launching Engineering Unscripted (Oct–Dec 2026) -- a talk series on the human-agentic shift.
Topics:
• Spec-Driven Dev
• OSS in 2027
• The Review Queue
Open call for founders, maintainers & builders.
📩 DM/email [email protected]
Launching Engineering Unscripted (Oct–Dec 2026) -- a talk series on the human-agentic shift.
Topics:
• Spec-Driven Dev
• OSS in 2027
• The Review Queue
Open call for founders, maintainers & builders.
📩 DM/email [email protected]
200-meter problem explores how we can restore trust and human layer using a hybrid system of technology and community governance
joshuapoddoku.substack.com/p/the-200-me...
joshuapoddoku.substack.com/p/the-200-me...
The 200-Meter Problem
Why convenience kills local producers and how hyper-local nodes can make neighborhood value visible again.
joshuapoddoku.substack.com
September 2, 2026 at 6:58 PM
200-meter problem explores how we can restore trust and human layer using a hybrid system of technology and community governance
joshuapoddoku.substack.com/p/the-200-me...
joshuapoddoku.substack.com/p/the-200-me...