The presentation discusses the challenges of sustaining progress in cloud native projects and the importance of balancing contributions to projects versus usage. It emphasizes the need for a community to support maintainers and contributors, and provides tips on how to become an open source mechanic.
- The proportion of contribution to usage of cloud native projects is not sustainable
- Balancing contributions to projects versus usage is unique to each project and community
- An onslaught of help and feature requests can lead to missing engagements and less contributions
- Maintainers getting burned out can lead to project crisis
- A community is needed to support maintainers and contributors
- Tips on becoming an open source mechanic include checking the contributing file and readme, using labels for issues and PRs, and providing constructive feedback