"Why not using bob adjustable inserter? -Well I'm happy that you asked this, That mod is a great! mod, I used it for a long time, but if one day bob decided to stop playing Factorio we would lose that mod forever since it's CLOSED source"
Bobs has quit doing his mod last year if not this year and because of this. Bob's has handed all bob's mods over to be maintained by others still having the license. The last 1-5 updates has been done by: https://github.com/modded-factorio/bobsmods
So i don't think it will be dead yet at least.