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LLMs make it practical to modify open source
Simon Willison comments that language models like Claude make it significantly easier to work with open source by automating tasks like cloning, building, and understanding software. Where there was previously friction preventing people from experimenting with code, LLMs can now solve these tasks quickly.
WHY IT MATTERS
This realizes an old dream that open source should give freedom to actually modify the tools you use, by removing friction that previously made it impractical for most people.
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