Open Source Isn’t Dead; It’s Evolving Faster than Ever

Code is becoming easier to generate. Scaling open source is becoming harder.

A few years ago, contributing to open source meant writing code line by line, understanding systems deeply and collaborating patiently with others.

Today, things are changing fast.

AI can generate code in seconds.
Ideas move faster than ever.
Barriers to entry are lower.

But here’s the real question:

If code becomes easy to produce…. what makes an open source project truly scale?

Because scaling isn’t just about code. It’s about people, systems, trust, and long-term thinking. And that’s where many developers get stuck.

In our Africa, we have incredible talent.
We use open source every day.

But very few of us truly understand:

• how these projects grow

• how communities are built

• how global tools become reliable at scale

That’s something I’ve been thinking about a lot.

I’m Didas Mbarushimana a Software Engineer and I’m building Open Source Kigali to help developers not just use open source, but understand it, contribute to it, grow with it and get opportunities.

That’s why I’m excited to invite you to a next special session with
Laís Carvalho.

She’s a Developer Advocate at Pydantic, deeply involved in the global Python and open source ecosystem from community building to scaling modern AI tools.

What we’ll explore:

• How open source projects scale in the age of AI

• Why community matters more than ever

• What developers need to understand beyond code

• Real insights from global ecosystems

Event Details:

How Open Source Projects Scale in the Age of AI
May 9
5 - 6 PM (Kigali time)

Register here Now : https://guild.host/events/how-open-source-projects-lumh4o

if you’re serious about growing as a developer,
this is the kind of conversation that can shift your perspective.