Combat Maintainer Burnout with Proactive Metrics

May 01, 2023 33 min Free

Description

This talk by Sophia Vargas of Google explores proactive metrics to combat maintainer burnout in open-source projects. It highlights the critical role of maintainers and the detrimental impact of their burnout on project sustainability. The presentation discusses methods and metrics to identify signals of overloaded maintainers, emphasizing that while metrics alone can't fix the problem, they can help communities proactively address emerging issues before it's too late.