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Open Source is one person

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433 points LawnGnome | 3 comments | 28 Aug 25 01:54 UTC | HN request time: 0.477s | source
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didgetmaster ◴[28 Aug 25 14:11 UTC] No.45052400[source]▶
Has anyone seen any stats on what happens to a single maintainer project when said person is hit by a bus (or meets some other demise)? With that many data points, there should be enough of them by now to study it.

Is the project taken over by another, single developer? Is it replaced by a similar project? Does it just go away?

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gausswho ◴[28 Aug 25 14:18 UTC] No.45052476[source]▶
I would love to see a diligently researched episodic series, every episode covering the transition of a popular open-source library/tool/app/site from one maintainer to the next.

And that's why I don't run Netflix.

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1. ebiester ◴[28 Aug 25 14:49 UTC] No.45052892[source]▶
I think this is in the realm of a YouTube series. I mean, what's stopping you from doing it?
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2. idiotsecant ◴[28 Aug 25 18:14 UTC] No.45055223[source]▶
Other than it being a lot of work?
3. gausswho ◴[28 Aug 25 20:48 UTC] No.45056860[source]▶
Any maintainer pairs want to reach out? I'll give it a shot.