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I've always wanted to be an open-source maintainer- now I regret it

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Re: I've always wanted to be an open-source maintainer- now I regret it

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---- BEGIN EDIT What I meant between the lines is that there are a lot of entitled people everywhere, FOSS users are just an example of it, and one needs to be ready for them whenever setting up for a public-facing endeavor, be it an OSS project or a shop or whatever. Just not let that hit you with low defenses. I've been an OSS project maintainer myself, and realized that one must be ready to deal with people and th…

Hi, author here The issue isn't socially interacting with any of the users, I wish that was the major pain point. The issue is having to handle e-mails, issues, feature requests, code-reviewing, continuous development, acquiring new users (otherwise project will stale) - all of this after a long day of work and balancing other important issues "non work related".

I feel you! That's why the edit I added to the top of he message (which is what I should have said from the beginning).

Check the Valetudo's project Readme and website, youl'll notice an attitude that I truly believe is the perfect mindset for exposing oneself to the world like a project maintainer does.

Hopefully one day you get the tickle and feel like keeping up working on the project again :) or any other kind of different project that you might feel.

Good luck and thanks for sharing zero-monitor!

Re: I've always wanted to be an open-source maintainer- now I regret it

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You don't owe anyone support. If you want to work in the code, do that. If you find value in reading / answering the issues sometimes, do that. If someone annoys you, ignore or block them.

If the whole project bores you now, move on.

Never feel responsible to those who might like to demand your attention

Re: I've always wanted to be an open-source maintainer- now I regret it

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Where are you seeing complaints, all I see is the opposite. > While providing direct support to people is one of the most valuable rewards, combining that with lack of time, support on GitHub issues, continuing development and maintaining enjoyment while working on the project is hard, really hard. He is just saying it’s a lot of work. > And this is where I felt like I shoot myself in the foot. I’ve built something v…

> FWIW complaining about a free umbrella likely points toward being entitled and unsocialized. Those traits typically make a person unbearable to others. Did you mean umbrelleable to others ? Hah sorry I couldn't resist :)

“Umbrellable” makes me miss my nieces and nephews. I’m getting old!
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