Post

Is this project dead?

I usually respond, “Would you like to submit a PR?”

Yes, people are so demanding at times it really grinds my gears. If you care enough, isn’t it your problem not mine to solve? I clearly built the project and haven’t needed it until now, so why do you expect me to build something I don’t need?

“Any update on this?” texts blowing up my screen “Wire the funds and keep it quiet” I want to scream

I bump into some strong senses of entitlement on my OSS projects from time to time. I usually point them out, even though I feel a bit preachy Fwiw sometimes people seem genuinely apologetic, and I chalk it up to a language/communication issue

Getting angry is inexcusable! Thats exactly why every time I write a follow-up comment, asking for feedback, in an issue that hasn't been answered for weeks, I ask myself this question. The last thing I want is to put pressure on the maintainer, but it's often difficult to formulate it that way.

I feel like it should be mandatory that every dev has a repository with at minimum 200 stars to learn what it’s like to maintain OSS on some scale. Help develop that sense of empathy when people open issues and ghost or act all entitled.