Miranda Heath

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Catch me online at @viteconf.org later today! I'll be talking about developer burnout and the role AI can play in it 🔥

Intriguing 👀👻

Excited to be in Prague for my first #OSSummit! I'll be talking on Burnout in Open Source 11.55 on Friday, come say hi if you're around! 👋 Lots of exciting things in the schedule... bit.ly/3NXx5Zp

So happy to be involved! What a rich picture of what it's like to be a dev in 2026—the good, the bad and the ugly!

Super excited to be a speaker at @viteconf.org this year, where I'll be talking about burnout in OSS and why we should care about it 🔥 viteconf.org/tickets/t/YB...

Such an important and multifaceted topic, thanks for the exploring this, was really nice to chat with you about it! Big recommend for anyone feeling a bit off the more they use AI to code!

Join us for the launch of the Software Stewardship Lab (stewardshiplab.org)! @vlad.website is on the podcast with hosts @richlitt.bsky.social, @abbycabs.dev & @erioldoesdesign.bsky.social to talk about promoting research for OSS maintainers and sustainers. Listen at 🎙️ podcast.sustainoss.org/292.

New OSS sustainability research lab just dropped! 👀 Come see what we're all about!

I won't tell if you won't 🙉

We are proud to have been sponsoring open source from the beginning. It's a core value of the company, and now it's more important than ever to support maintainers of the packages we all use and enjoy. We wrote a little about it here: blog.ag-grid.com/ag-grid-join...

Happy to see OSS maintainer burnout in the public discourse—good job Matthew! 'Heath believes governments should invest more in open source' - that she does 😘

> Harbuz says “GitHub will say ‘oh, we realise [AI] agents have been such a problem, we’re gonna maybe do something to fix it’ and it’s like, it’s you, right? You, GitHub, did this”. GitHub did not respond to a request for comment. I said it 🤷

OSS burnout claims another project. On 2 Apr, an entitled user angrily asked the burned-out maintainer of nvim-treesitter to “go switch to something that doesn't require interacting with people”. The maintainer replied “OK” — and archived the repo, stopping development of nvim-treesitter.

'Companies made open source business-critical. For maintainers [work-life] balance is life-critical.' — I love this! OSS creates value for your employer: the Open Source Resistance says, if you have the power, take matters into your own hands and maintain it on the clock! 🏴‍☠️

I don't think tech at large understands how hard it is to be an open source maintainer right now. So many great folks are on the brink of burnout. Funding is drying out. We live in a security minefield. Companies think humans are disposable. If you're a maintainer, we care. You deserve the world.

The NHS is turning back on its commitment to keep its code open. We're asking them to reconsider. Would you join us?

Some incredible in-depth discussion between @vlad.website and @josh.bressers.name on the importance (and challenges) of paying OSS maintainers in this episode of Open Source Security! (PS thanks for the shout-out ☀️) opensourcesecurity.io/2026/2026-04...

Felt so welcomed by WNB.rb at #HaggisRuby! 💜

Had fun chatting with @richlitt.bsky.social for the @sustainoss.bsky.social podcast! Listen as we meander from kidney donors to forest floor detritus to death doulas, all while somehow keeping it on the topic of open source sustainability and maintainer burnout 🌱

Absolutely this @sianberry.bsky.social Don’t let the lights go out on our digital infrastructure. We need open source, interoperable systems that are in our control. Tell your MP to support the early day motion ⬇️ action.openrightsgroup.org/protect-brit...

Super interesting research on the effect of different approaches to AI use during learning: worse understanding when relying on Claude to tell us what to do than when making and solving our own mistakes.

Can you help me make a list of people/orgs working on problems that cause burnout in OSS to share at FOSDEM? Looking for work on: OSS advocacy, OSS value metrics, payment and governance models, dependencies research, community events/spaces, mentor schemes, codes of conduct, AI attestation & more!

Stoked to learn as a bird fan and ideology researcher that female birdsong is widespread, this was overlooked for centuries as most research happened in the Northern hemisphere + work on female birdsong is more likely to be done by women! Researcher diversity -> richer, less biased bird knowledge! 🦜

Found this helpful! ✨

What it felt like learning about our dependence on open source software for the first time 🤣

I've finished my report on burnout in OSS and how to reduce it! Read more (and find the link to the full report) on the Open Source Pledge blog! Huge thanks to all the OSS devs who shared their perspectives 💜 Let's keep shining a light on this under-recognised issue!

I'm working on a report on the causes of burnout in open source software. If you're a part of the OSS community, I would love to hear your thoughts, either here on Bluesky, or privately via email (see post). Thanks 😊 mirandaheath.website/report-on-bu...