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Andrew Kelley Interview: Why He Built Zig, Banned AI Contributions, and Moved Zig off GitHub
In a JetBrains interview, Zig creator Andrew Kelley expanded on the project’s formal ban on AI contributions and the motivation behind its migration off GitHub to Codeberg: automated code submissions decrease codebase quality and weaken the social constructs between open-source participants; persistent GitHub failures and a perceived misalignment of incentives led to migrating to Codeberg. By Bruno Couriol