David Crawshaw published something this week that 573 Hacker News points found worth arguing about: developer tools should be open source, because AI agents can now personalize them directly by modifying source code. No plugin APIs. No settings.json. Just a prompt. The argument is not new — the economics are. And they shift the stakes for every developer choosing tools in 2026. What Actually Changed The case against forking a devtool has always been maintenance. Diverge from upstream and you own the diff forever — every release means reconciling your changes manually. That math kept most developers inside whatever extension […]
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