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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Inevitably I find some small thing to change in my code just after I've done a release.
I'm feeling motivated, I'm paying attention to detail, and stuff just jumps out. I suspect it's because I end up looking at different parts during a release.
It can be really hard to find good free resources: for-pay providers are much more motivated to promote themselves.
I found it really hard to find quality stock images, and eventually found unsplash. This week I found pixabay too.
I'm sure this also happens in other domains.
Often the best FOSS projects to send patches to are tools that are crucial to the maintainers' workflow. They're highly motivated.
