It's a bunch of people who like working on the compiler, working on the compiler. Nim proper doesn't have as much flexibility to make breaking changes, and this

It's a bunch of people who like working on the compiler, working on the compiler. Nim proper doesn't have as much flexibility to make breaking changes, and this has limited much-needed internal refactoring. There was a falling out between some developers on the Discord that led to personal attacks and an eventual banning a while back. If I recall, nimskull started shortly after, and has attracted a few other compiler developers since.