My friend Michael Jackson turned off github issues on one of his smaller projects. It got me thinking...
Maintainers getting burned out is a problem. Not just for the users of a project but the mental health of the maintainer. It's a big deal for both parties. Consumers want great tools, maintainers want to create them, but maintainers don't want to be L1 tech support, that's why they
| echo "y" | android update sdk --no-ui; echo "yes" | apm upgrade; softwareupdate -i -a; brew update; brew upgrade; brew cleanup; brew cask cleanup; npm update npm -g; npm update -g; gem update |
| eXtreme Go Horse (XGH) Process | |
| Source: http://gohorseprocess.wordpress.com | |
| 1. I think therefore it's not XGH. | |
| In XGH you don't think, you do the first thing that comes to your mind. There's not a second option as the first one is faster. | |
| 2. There are 3 ways of solving a problem: the right way, the wrong way and the XGH way which is exactly like the wrong one but faster. | |
| XGH is faster than any development process you know (see Axiom 14). |