2026-09-02 –, Conference Management Room5
A few collected thoughts about the impact of the current coding revolution for the future of FOSS4G projects, including a brief take on the economics of FOSS4G.
In February 2026, Claude Code's creator Boris Cherny stated that "Coding is solved."
Irrespective of opinion, what does the current coding revolution mean for the future of FOSS4G? These are a few collected thoughts I'd like to share, and maybe contribute to decision-making and to shape our future as a community.
- FOSS4G vs building from scratch.
- Which tools survive?
- What changes for community projects health?
- technical debt
- backlog
- maintainer responsiveness
- tooling
- bitrot at the speed of light (or not?)
- Case study: pyCSW vs GeoNetwork / GeoServer vs building from scratch.
- The bar is now much higher
And, finally:
- A brief take on the economics of FOSS4G
This abstract is entirely human-written using a simple text editor. No review, no prior or posterior opinion or any input from I.A., not even auto-correct
GeoServer, pyCSW, GeoNetwork
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Computer engineer, GIS manager, technical lead, developer. I manage a GIS system in the Brazilian Federal Police since 2010, and am part of the Brazil Mais program, a large project in the Brazilian government for environmental damage monitoring and response.
Long time FOSS4G fan, I have attended conferences since 2010 (Barcelona) and have given talks in the Bucharest, Portland, Denver and Natal editions. I was also at Dar Es Salaam.