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Thank you for your volunteering and I hope your family member gets better Ash. I think it’s unfortunate for us users but at least on an open source platform mi

by inglor 4y ago

Thank you for your volunteering and I hope your family member gets better Ash. I think it’s unfortunate for us users but at least on an open source platform migrating to a new instance is possible. That said - this will be a hit to the community. It just shows how relying on infrastructure with a low bus factor is risky and something for future attempts to consider.

ChrisMarshallNY 4y ago
> relying on infrastructure with a low bus factor is risky There are risks to every "bus factor," but I can totally get behind requiring a team of a certain size to be behind whatever infrastructure I rely on. Most of my dependencies have a bus factor of 1 (Yours Troolie), as I write packages for my own consumption. They are really, really good modules, and I publish them as general-purpose modules, but don't expect people (other than me) to really use them. I did write a fairly massive infrastructure project, and managed it, alone, for ten years, then it was taken over by a team, and "went viral," in a sense. The best thing I ever did for that project, was toss the keys to the new team, and walk away. It's in very good shape, now.