🤯 Workaholic open source developers need to take breaks
｢ That gap encourages workaholic patterns: always‑on responsiveness, treating evenings and weekends as default working time, and feeling personally responsible for every bug and user request. Because much OSS work is framed as a "labor of love," maintainers may normalize extreme hours as dedication rather than overwork, even when it clearly is workaholism ｣
https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/23/open_source_devs_column/
