I've realised that few of the bugs I fix are actually failures to meet a spec. They're mostly 'it would be nicer/more consistent if...'
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One nuance that's often missed when looking at OSS: it's mostly funded by goodwill.
It's very rare for maintainers to get enough sponsors to replace their day job. In many cases the person doing the work already has a job and is motivated by interest.
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VS Code is mostly open source, but sadly there are some major exceptions. Open source forks can't access the official package repository apparently:
Thoughtful criticism of postgresql and its weaknesses (mostly in clustering): https://medium.com/@rbranson/10-things-i-hate-about-postgresql-20dbab8c2791