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by imhoguy 3201 days ago
"a bit of trust" this! Most often maintainers ego is the issue and too much control over ones baby project is the road to frustration and burnout. The way the power is shared and the shape of community structure is huge factor often neglected by tech-only focused maintainers/owners. There is a good piece of wisdom on social aspect of open-source in Social Architecture by Pieter Hintjens[0]. I recommend learning about his pov to anyone interested in open-source open-projects.

[0] https://www.gitbook.com/book/hintjens/social-architecture/de...

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Excellent read! Thanks!