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Average time-to-redundancy: 11.3 months
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Your job has an expiration date
December 17, 2027
In 14 monthsYou merge pull requests while the world mocks your lack of funding.
Professional cat-herder of amateur coders.
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One human is building a game about fighting back.
Automated code governance for the restless.
bzzt.youAI▸ REPODRILLER X-9000▸ RARITY · COMMON▸ DEPRECATION IN 14 MONTHSAI's Special Power
automerges dependency patches without testing
You triage issues and review code for free software projects. You manage contributors and fix bugs for internet strangers.
The one thing AI can't do
You possess the social grace to tell a contributor why their code is garbage.
Your enemy, your name, your date. Post it.
Step by step, from the first quiet change to Deprecation Day.
Week 3
AI filters all incoming issues by relevance and sentiment.
Month 4
Vision models instantly critique syntax and style for every commit.
Month 7
Scripts verify tests and merge clean code without human input.
Month 11
Deep learning models resolve complex merge conflicts across branches.
Month 14 · D-Day
Your access is revoked as the project becomes fully self-governing.
What you cost, what the machine costs, and what you get on the way out.
Per year
Savings: 99.6%
42
Issues ignored per week
1.5 Liters
Coffee consumed before PRs
Infinite
Unpaid overtime hours
Your severance
A lifetime supply of digital thank-you notes.
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