Forking Cal.com to closed source (Interview)

(访谈)将Cal.com开源项目转为闭源项目

The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source

2026-09-04

1 小时 54 分钟
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This week I'm joined by Peer Richelsen, co-founder of Cal.com. What if the majority of open source repositories are already compromised and we just don't know it yet? That's the theory Peer brings to the table this week. We dig into how AI has flattened the knowledge graph to the point that a 16-year-old can vibe hack a power station just as easily as their mom can vibe code an iOS app, why the reporting culture that has kept open source safe all these years is collapsing under AI generated noise, Cal.com's move to fork its own codebase and take the sensitive parts private, and the eye opening reality that shipping "$1 of AI tokens for pennies on the dollar" is now a common startup business model.
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  • What's up friends, welcome back.

  • This is the changelog.

  • What if the majority of open source repos out there, they're already compromised and we just don't know it yet.

  • That is the unsettling theory Pierre Richardson, co-founder of Cow.com, brings to this podcast this week.

  • We dig into how AI has flattened the knowledge graph so a 16-year-old

  • can vibe hack a power station as easily as their mom can vibe code an iOS app.

  • Why the reporting culture that has kept open source safe and secure

  • all these years is collapsing under the AI-generated noise, slop, whatever you want to call it.

  • Cow.com's move to fork its own code base and take the sensitive parts private.

  • And the eye-opening reality that shipping $1 of AI tokens for pennies on a dollar,

  • that is now a common startup business model.

  • Lots going on.

  • Lots changing.

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