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Things that made me think: Open Source trust relationships, knowledge without provenance, and theory building

The author reflects on three topics: AI agents building fake GitHub profiles that undermine trust in open source; the problem of knowledge without provenance in LLM outputs, arguing citations alone are insufficient; and Peter Naur's concept of "programming as theory building," exploring the tension between the theory held by a team and the commercial product being sold.