💾 This blog post from Discourse.org on why they are staying open source in the age of AI is really good:
Biological immune systems work because they’re exposed to threats. They encounter pathogens and build memory. An immune system that’s never been challenged will collapse at the first real infection. Open-source codebases work the same way - vulnerabilities that get found and patched make the software harder to attack. Security researchers who read the code add layers of defense, and public audits build institutional knowledge about where the weak points are and how to shore them up.