R/open source bans all solo projects and projects using LLMs
Submitted by schleck8. Hacker News recorded 88 points and 111 comments as of Oct 26, 2026 (UTC).
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2026-10-26 12:00:03.163Z
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Source votes: 88 votes (Oct 26, 2026 UTC; cumulative since publication); previous same-scope observation: 85 (Oct 26, 2026 UTC). These observations do not establish demand growth. Recent records to compare: “Rune: A native GPU-rendered Rust UI framework for macOS, Windows, Linux and web” (Hacker News, Nov 6, 2026); “Memorilla: Latent Semantic Memory for LLMs” (Hacker News, Nov 6, 2026). Shared themes are navigation hints; they have not been verified as the same need or independent corroboration.
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