The Unpaid Backbone of Open Source: Solo Maintainers Face In...
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Solo open source maintainers face burnout and security challenges, with 60% unpaid and 60% considering quitting.

Solo open source maintainers face burnout and security challenges, with 60% unpaid and 60% considering quitting.

  • Takumidesh@lemmy.world
    4·
    3 months ago

    I agree, there is a lot of fluff. However I think FOSS is more of a web, not every piece of software has a billion users, but the collection of projects as a whole prop each other up. You have a language by itself, but also all of its libs that make the language useful.

    • Kissaki@programming.devEnglish
      1·
      3 months ago

      I agree. The split and collective nature makes it hard to assess and fundamentally support though - which is what I was referring to in one point.