[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":214},["ShallowReactive",2],{"NoscriptNav_XrRK2e2e8meJ0jKVGkb5ULGQDVi3UiFQ9nupAr7Yns":3,"\u002Fideas\u002Fnvim-treesitter-burnout":8},["Island",4],{"key":5,"result":6},"NoscriptNav_XrRK2e2e8meJ0jKVGkb5ULGQDVi3UiFQ9nupAr7Yns",{"head":7},{},{"id":9,"title":10,"authors":11,"body":13,"canonicalUrl":199,"canonicalWebsiteName":200,"category":201,"ctaAction":202,"ctaLink":202,"ctaText":202,"date":203,"description":204,"disclaimers":202,"embargoReleaseTime":202,"extension":205,"featured":206,"featuredOnHomepage":207,"fullWidthLayout":207,"hidden":207,"image":202,"imageAlt":202,"llmDisclaimer":207,"location":208,"meta":209,"metaImage":202,"navigation":206,"path":210,"seo":211,"stem":212,"venue":202,"venueUrl":202,"__hash__":213},"ideas\u002Fideas\u002Fnvim-treesitter-burnout.md","Open Source Burnout Claims Another Project",[12],"vlad",{"type":14,"value":15,"toc":194},"minimark",[16,29,32,55,58,74,82,89,92,95,105,126,129,132,135,140,149,158,172],[17,18,19,20,28],"p",{},"On 2 Apr, in the\n",[21,22,27],"a",{"href":23,"className":24,"target":26},"https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Fnvim-treesitter\u002Fnvim-treesitter",[25],"suplink","_blank","nvim-treesitter","\nissue tracker, a user was upset that the changes he wanted to see were not being made.",[17,30,31],{},"He angrily took this out on the maintainer, telling him to",[33,34,37,38,37,52],"blockquote",{"className":35},[36],"blockquote--chunk","\n\t",[39,40,41,42,41,48,37],"header",{},"\n\t\t",[43,44],"img",{"src":45,"alt":46,"width":47,"height":47},"https:\u002F\u002Favatars.githubusercontent.com\u002Fu\u002F58133782?v=4","sushtain's avatar",22,[21,49,51],{"href":50,"target":26},"https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Fnvim-treesitter\u002Fnvim-treesitter\u002Fdiscussions\u002F8627#discussioncomment-16440673","shushtain on 2 Apr",[17,53,54],{},"\n\t\tgo switch to something that doesn't require interacting with people\n\t",[17,56,57],{},"The maintainer, having already been overwhelmed with issues and complaints from entitled users, replied",[33,59,37,61,37,71],{"className":60},[36],[39,62,41,63,41,67,37],{},[43,64],{"src":65,"alt":66,"width":47,"height":47},"https:\u002F\u002Favatars.githubusercontent.com\u002Fu\u002F2361214?v=4","clason's avatar",[21,68,70],{"href":69,"target":26},"https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Fnvim-treesitter\u002Fnvim-treesitter\u002Fdiscussions\u002F8627#discussioncomment-16442595","clason on 2 Apr",[17,72,73],{},"\n\t\tOK\n\t",[17,75,76,77,81],{},"Now, the banner at the top of nvim-treesitter's\n",[21,78,80],{"href":23,"target":26,"className":79},[25],"GitHub page","\nreads:",[33,83,37,85],{"className":84},[36],[86,87,88],"em",{},"This repository was archived by the owner on Apr 3, 2026. It is now read-only.",[17,90,91],{},"That's the end of nvim-treesitter. At least, for now.",[17,93,94],{},"But more importantly, we've driven away another person whose contributions we should cherish.",[17,96,97,98,104],{},"This is a regular occurence, as Miranda Heath's ",[21,99,103],{"href":100,"rel":101},"https:\u002F\u002Fopensourcepledge.com\u002Fblog\u002Fburnout-in-open-source-a-structural-problem-we-can-fix-together\u002F",[102],"nofollow","report on burnout in Open Source"," has shown us. We\ndon't know the full story of Christian Clason, the maintainer of nvim-treesitter. But we have stories from people like\nAshley Williams:",[33,106,37,107,37,110],{},[17,108,109],{},"\n\t\tI was doing nights and weekends, it was wrecking my health and I was just devastated, so after a while, enough\n\t\tissue follow-ups, like, “is this maintained?”, “are you gonna fix my issue?”, I had to say that I had to give it\n\t\tup.\n\t",[111,112,41,113,37],"footer",{},[114,115,116,117,121,122,41],"span",{},"\n\t\t\tAshley Williams, p 8 of the\n\t\t\t",[21,118,120],{"href":119,"target":26},"https:\u002F\u002Fmirandaheath.website\u002Fstatic\u002Foss_burnout_report_mh_25.pdf","\n\t\t\t\tburnout report\n\t\t\t",", and\n\t\t\t",[21,123,125],{"href":124,"target":26},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fwatch?v=gR2hjbh0RUk","\n\t\t\t\ton YouTube\n\t\t\t",[17,127,128],{},"Explaining these situations by referring to the faults of any individual person would be a mistake, because the problem\nis systemic.",[17,130,131],{},"Users of Open Source don't have enough educational resources to understand how to healthily and sustainably engage with\nthe maintainers they rely on.",[17,133,134],{},"And maintainers do not have the know-how, or the direct support, to care for their mental health when they're in the\nmiddle of a deluge of issues and PRs.",[136,137,139],"h2",{"id":138},"what-do-we-do","What Do We Do?",[17,141,142,143,148],{},"Miranda is working on a follow-up study of mental health among Open Source maintainers, as part of the\n",[21,144,147],{"href":145,"rel":146},"https:\u002F\u002Fstewardshiplab.org\u002F",[102],"Software Stewardship Lab",", a new non-profit working to make the global Open Source ecosystem more sustainable.",[17,150,151,152,157],{},"Are you an Open Source maintainer that wants to share their story? 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