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dotJS 2012 - Fat - What Is Open Source & Why Do I Feel So Guilty?

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What it is

A dotJS 2012 conference talk by Fat (of Twitter Bootstrap fame) on what open source really means and why maintainers feel guilty about it. It covers the obligations, expectations and burnout that come with releasing popular open source software, delivered with humor.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN commenters cite it as a funny and candid first-hand account of the guilt and burnout of a prolific open source developer.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2013, last 2016

What HN commenters said

  1. “Fat's talk ( ) was the funniest”

    Funniest talk of the dotJS day on open source.

    johncoltrane, 2013-02 · Recommendation · in “Symbiotic Languages [video]”

  2. “Maybe relevant to watch this video for a first hand report of burnout from a coding rockstar”

    First-hand account of burnout from a prolific open source developer

    nunobrito, 2016-01 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: How do prolific programmers go about their daily lives?”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: open source, burnout, maintainers, javascript, bootstrap

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