Open Source Isn't Dead. Cal.com Just Learned the Wrong Lesson

Re:Open Source Isn't Dead. Cal.com Just Learned the Wrong Le... by funvill on Wednesday April 15, 2026 @12:23PM (#47781330)

This is just an excuse to close source their project while blaming AI. Spineless bullshit excuse instead of owning your choices.

Shame

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Re:Open Source Isn't Dead. Cal.com Just Learned the Wrong Le... by Yaa101 on Wednesday April 15, 2026 @12:40PM (#47781632)

I agree, it is shortsighted (next quarter syndrome). First of all the AI does not need source to find vulnerabilities and further it breaks the unwritten contract to exchange source for eyeballs which creates better source. I guess the CEO wants less security and stopped evolution of it's code.

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Re:Open Source Isn't Dead. Cal.com Just Learned the Wrong Le... by serial_dev on Wednesday April 15, 2026 @12:26PM (#47781381)

It's like the layoffs. Let's blame this thing we wanted to do for a while on AI.

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