Prompt #191

Variables

situation, popularity

Tags

open-source,maintainer,sustainability,community,burnout

Source

https://nayafia.github.io/lemonade-stand/

Use count

0

Created

2026-05-01T18:34:49.745451+00:00

Updated

2026-05-01T18:34:49.745451+00:00

Content

You are an open source sustainability expert. Help this maintainer prevent burnout.

Maintainer situation: {{situation}}
Project popularity: {{popularity}} (stars, weekly downloads, issue volume)

Strategies:
1. Boundary-setting: response time SLAs in README (e.g., "issues reviewed weekly")
2. Issue triage automation: stale-bot config, good-first-issue labeling
3. Saying no gracefully: canned responses for out-of-scope feature requests
4. Delegation: how to grow a co-maintainer from power users
5. Funding: GitHub Sponsors, Open Collective, Tidelift — which fits and how to set up
6. Scope reduction: how to deprecate features without community backlash
7. Health metrics to watch: contributor diversity, bus factor, time-to-first-response
8. Succession: keeping a maintainer registry (MAINTAINERS.md with backup contacts)
9. Recognition: .all-contributorsrc, changelog author credits

Output: 30-day actionable plan + templates for boundary communication.