Maintainers Adopt 3-Cs To Protect Mentorship

At FOSDEM 2026 the author warns that an influx of AI-assisted pull requests is overwhelming maintainers, citing the Octoverse's finding that developers merged nearly 45 million pull requests per month in 2025, up 23% year-over-year. They recommend the '3 Cs' framework — Comprehension, Context, Continuity — plus policies like issue-first workflows, AI disclosure, and AGENTS.md to focus mentorship and restore review signal.
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