I think that's the point. You don't have any agency. There's no way to win.
Is this about nihilism?
These projects are going to be sideprojects and with busy schedule it might get tough to find motivation. Using LLMs for some of the parts can give the momentum required to continue.
We can also learn from studying the output generated by LLMs.
Reg. first part, our thinking right now is similar to other OSS projects, we will have enterprise offering and charge for that.