Andrew Kelley Interview: Why He Built Zig, Banned AI Contributions, and Moved Zig off GitHub

Zig creator Andrew Kelley banned AI-generated code contributions and moved the programming language project from GitHub to Codeberg. Kelley reported that AI submissions waste maintainer review time on poor code without helping new developers learn. The shift sets a firm precedent against automated code generation in open-source systems programming.

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