Why should you run an open-source project now that code is cheap?

This article is a transcript of my presentation at Community Over Code Glasgow 2026. Since my slides are mostly real-world cases in screenshots, I thought sharing the presentation in text would be

This article is a transcript of my presentation at Community Over Code Glasgow 2026. Since my slides are mostly real-world cases in screenshots, I thought sharing the presentation in text would be more expressive. It consists of three major sections: What does "Code Is Cheap" mean? How does it interact with open-source projects? When code is cheap, is open-source (collaboration) still necessary? What can we do to better maintain open-source projects today? Code Is Cheap Code is cheap. This is th