AI-Assisted Open-Source Project Rejected by Developer Communities

A developer built Open Vectorizer, a Rust-based raster-to-SVG engine, but found it blocked from Hacker News, r/rust, and r/opensource due to policies against AI-generated content. The project uses substantial AI assistance but is high-quality, with benchmarks and a reproducible build. The author argues that banning AI-assisted work unfairly penalizes legitimate projects while failing to filter low-effort spam.