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I simply could no longer provide the effort (mental or time-wise) that the role demanded, and thus I was not performing my duties to an acceptable degree, facin
by cube00 3mo ago
I simply could no longer provide the effort (mental or time-wise) that the role demanded, and thus I was not performing my duties to an acceptable degree, facing severe burnout, and risks to my mental health.
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We've proven that FLOSS works, and is in demand.
If "FLOSS works" maintainers shouldn't be "facing severe burnout", I've come across two more in the past week alone:
* Filebrowser (Mar 2026): https://hacdias.com/2026/03/11/filebrowser/ https://hacdias.com/2026/03/11/filebrowser/
* axum-login / tower-sessions (last week): https://github.com/maxcountryman/axum-login/discussions/330 https://github.com/maxcountryman/axum-login/discussions/330
- squigz 3mo agoDo people doing non-FLOSS work not also sometimes face severe burnout?
- ThrowawayTestr 3mo agoYes but those people aren't doing it as a hobby.
- hnarn 3mo agoWhat’s your point, or are you just engaging in a conversation while completely ignoring the context?
- ThrowawayTestr 3mo agoGenerally you wouldn't expect someone working on a hobby for free to experience burnout.
- hnarn 3mo ago> If "FLOSS works" maintainers shouldn't be "facing severe burnout" So your success criteria for ”FLOSS works” is that zero people involved in it experience stress related issues?
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- HumblyTossed 3mo agoFLOSS works because when maintainers need to leave the project doesn’t die.
- mvanbaak 3mo agoThis is more common in FLOSS then in corporate/closed source projects.