Some advice I would give to open-source maintainers, based on my own experience and also advice I've received from veterans: - take breaks. go AWOL for 2 weeks

Some advice I would give to open-source maintainers, based on my own experience and also advice I've received from veterans: - take breaks. go AWOL for 2 weeks. it clears the mind - ask the user to provide a test case to reproduce. if they cannot, close the issue after a month or so - mark issues as "needs test case" or "has test case" - use email instead of GitHub notifications. mark as read, labels, folders, etc. are all invaluable - if some user is abusive, cut them out immediately (e.g. ban them from the GitHub org) - do a little bit every day so you don't become overwhelmed - set up automated tests that run for every PR. projects without tests are impossible to maintain. Good luck!