"please stop" - maintainers

Open-source maintainers are increasingly closing external contributions due to an overwhelming influx of low-quality, AI-generated pull requests. Projects like TL Draw, Curl, and Zig have shut down or restricted contributions because AI-assisted PRs often contain poorly structured code that creates maintenance nightmares. The ease of using AI tools has lowered the barrier to entry, but removed the need for contributors to develop expertise, build relationships, or understand project architecture. Maintainers are drowning in "AI slop" that looks superficially helpful but creates technical debt and requires significant effort to review and fix. The recommendation is for contributors to invest time learning projects deeply, joining communities, and handcrafting quality contributions rather than relying on AI to generate quick PRs.