I was reading though thinking that only a few of these were dumb.
I wondered if it was a reference to Dumb Ways to Die, but thought that was a bit obscure for a reference. Turns out, apparantly not.
I think if I had have gone to all that work to write this list I would have given each one a dumbness score to communicate that circumstances are not equal.
Time passes. Do you know what its like talking to a group of game developers, and finding out none of them knew what an Amiga was.
I try to rage against the dying of the light, with limited success.
When my daughter went into a classroom (middle school I believe is the US term) that was not her own, a surprised teacher asked "Who are you?" She immediately responded with "I'm the new number two, you are number six"
The teacher did not get the reference, but I won parenting that day.
Yep, if you are going to leave a project as leader, either see if someone else wants to take over or leave a note that the project isn't being updated.
If you are really motivated, leave instructions on how someone else can pick up were you left off even if it is just an email address others can reach out to.
Letting your project die is a whole lot more responsible than picking a successor maintainer that you are not 100% sure you can trust to be a good steward.
so, just be safe about it, i guess.