The Long Now Foundation: “Nadia Eghbal Talk”
This is a great talk by Nadia Eghbal on software, open source, maintenance, and of course, long-term thinking.
(Open) source of anxiety – Increment: Open Source
If we continue as we are, who will maintain the maintainers?
In the world of open source, we tend to give plaudits and respect to makers …but maintainers really need our support and understanding.
Users and new contributors often don’t see, much less think about, the nontechnical issues—like mental health, or work-life balance, or project governance—that maintainers face. And without adequate support, our digital infrastructure, as well as the people who make it run, suffer.
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