OSS burnout claims another project. On 2 Apr, an entitled user angrily asked the burned-out maintainer of nvim-treesitter to “go switch to something that doesn't require interacting with people”.
The maintainer replied “OK” — and archived the repo, stopping development of nvim-treesitter.
Yet another OSS maintainer quits because of burnout. To fix this, we need better mental health resources for maintainers.vlad.website