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X (Formerly Twitter) is Possibly Going Open Source (feed.itsfoss.com)
submitted 2 months ago by to c/opensource@programming.dev
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Elon[azi] Musk[rat]has announced that X's entire codebase will go open source once xAI wraps up an internal review for security vulnerabilities. He says they will publish the whole thing without holding anything back.

Further stating that they are inviting third-party reviewers to confirm that what gets published actually matches what's running in production

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[–] 28 points 2 months ago (3 children)

can't code for shit after gutting the staff, now wants the public to fix it?

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  • [–] 11 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    ): someone might

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    • [–] 10 points 2 months ago

    I thought he was going to rewrite the entire stack. He said with 100% confidence that that’s what was needed. He even got incredibly angry when someone asked him to explain what was wrong with the existing stack and which parts would be rewritten.

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    [–] 6 points 2 months ago

    What, the ai vibe coders not working out?

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    [–] 5 points 2 months ago

    Full open source or this is just another weird "Winamp" drama?

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    [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    Open sourcing code is easier than opening governance.

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