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Jul 30, 2016 at 00:03
I've been kicking the tires on webpack recently. Works very well! In spite of its popularity, it seems to have a single maintainer though.

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Aug 28, 2026 at 20:47
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Bevy has an amazing approach to code review that requires two reviews by the community before a maintainer will review and merge. "We let anyone submit PRs without vetting: why is the bar higher for reviewing?" https://shaping.systems/blog/open-code-review/
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One big challenge of open source is that the number of users (and bug reports) is entirely independent of the number of maintainers. Both users and maintainer capacity can fluctuate wildly.
Jan 22, 2026 at 20:11
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The vast majority of libraries have a single maintainer. Even if you weight by downloads, roughly half of downloaded libraries have a single maintainer too.
Open Source is one person
Open Source is one person
The Register recently published a story titled Putin on the code: DoD reportedly relies on utility written by Russian dev. They should be ashamed of this story. This poor open source developer is getting beat up now to score some internet points. It’s very upsetting. But anyway, let’s look at some receipts. If you’re not real smrt, it seems like pointing out an open source project is written by one person in a country you don’t like is a bad thing. It could be. But it also could be the software running THE WHOLE F*CKING PLANET is written by one person. In a country. But we have no idea which country. It’s not the same person mind you, but it’s one person.