Panel Discussion: Care and Feeding: Burnout and Self Care in our Community
summary
Panelists call out concrete fixes rather than slogans: managers intervene when people work nights, create rotation like a patch release management team so no single maintainer is critical, and companies fund critical projects instead of assuming free labor. Practical tactics include GitHub mail filters, a bot that skips reviewers who set busy status, explicit roadmaps to defer requests, and delegating talks or tasks. Watch for honest examples of what worked and what still breaks.
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chapters (16)
- 0:00Introduction
- 0:57Welcome
- 3:12Panel Introductions
- 5:52John
- 10:52Stephen
- 12:13Audience Question
- 14:45Gophers
- 17:50Turning off github notifications
- 20:36Turning off phone notifications
- 23:48Responding to issues
- 26:52Empathy
- 31:53Helping Others
- 34:18Reaching Out
- 35:23Social Trick
- 36:35Learning
- 41:48Open Source
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