A developer's comparison of open-source coding agents Pi and OpenCode after 100+ hours of real use found a dead tie in features but distinct trade-offs. Pi, built by Mario Zechner, excels in efficienc…
Mario Zechner, creator of libGDX, built the open-source coding agent Pi after becoming frustrated with Claude Code. Pi, which has 85k+ GitHub stars and powers OpenClaw, outperformed Claude Code on a t…
Inference APIs are increasingly returning provider-bound state that makes AI sessions non-portable, according to a critical analysis by Earendil. Features like encrypted content and server-side storag…
Codeberg voted 358 to 144 (71% in favor) to ban projects "mostly" written by generative AI tools, with the policy now live in its Terms of Use. The ban prohibits repos where AI wrote the majority of c…
A developer attending Local-First Conf in Berlin describes a widespread dissonance among engineers who use large language models despite agreeing with critics' concerns about slop, copyright, environm…
Mario Zechner, creator of Pi, criticized the complexity of configuring Pi.dev, leading to the launch of LazyPi, a one-command setup that installs 60+ skills, 67 themes, MCP support, sub-agents, and mo…
Mario Zechner, creator of the Pi coding agent and JetBrains engineer, warns that AI-generated code is not free and emphasizes the importance of human review and discipline. He describes his workflow f…
The Pi project is now using its own agent-based development tool to build itself, a practice that has revealed a significant problem with AI-generated issue reports. Mario Zechner, the project's lead,…