---
title: "Is Open Source Dead?"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/is-open-source-dead--adywhetx6
source_url: https://blog.container-solutions.com/is-open-source-dead
type: article
source: "Container Solutions"
published: 2026-07-02T12:00:36.541Z
updated: 2026-07-03T10:17:31.998Z
tags: ["open-source", "llm", "architecture"]
reading_time: 2
upvotes: 30
comments: 16
language: en
---

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# Is Open Source Dead?

**[Container Solutions](https://daily.dev/sources/containersolution)** · 2 min read · 30 upvotes · 16 comments

## Summary

LLMs have made writing code dramatically cheaper while using open source libraries has become more expensive due to ongoing maintenance, audits, and dependency obligations. The old 'don't reinvent the wheel' advice no longer universally applies. The new guidance: use libraries for security-sensitive or genuinely complex domains with mature, well-supported projects; write your own LLM-assisted code when you need only a small slice of a large library, the logic is simple to specify, and you can test it exhaustively. If you can't fully test it, you haven't replaced the community — you've just fired them.

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## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@bobbyiliev** · 25 upvotes

> spoiler: it is not

**@guillaumegrab** · 5 upvotes

> And your LLM will use tons of open source libraries to make that.

**@pottekkat** · 5 upvotes

> I'm tired of these rage baiters. One of the core ideas of open source is that anyone can look at the source code and customize it and share it. That is now possible, at scale. Open source is more alive than ever.

**@miladbn** · 4 upvotes

> You didn't reinvent the wheel. You built a wheel that works perfectly on your desk, and explodes the first time it rains.

**@maurizioturatti** · 3 upvotes

> The scenario is actually positive: we can avoid using a ton of external dependencies just to include a few functions, that is especially an issue in the nodejs ecosystem. On the other hand, it could discourage the maintenance of some oss projects for lack of interest.

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