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Burnout is real for open source maintainers

by OpenJS Foundation openjsf.org

Lodash creator John-David Dalton reflects on the project’s growth, the pressures of maintaining software used across the world, and the personal journey that led to stepping back and eventually rebuilding a sustainable path forward.

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