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Truck (bus) Factor = 1 - nilamo - Jan-03-2017 There was recently an article about the huge number of repositories (many of which are pretty important) which have a truck factor of 1 (ie: if that one person gets hit by a bus, the project will likely cease to be updated): https://medium.com/@aserg.ufmg/12-442-github-projects-with-truck-factor-1-9477567d9d18#.f1d2q1an4 For python specific repos, that number is 899: http://gittrends.io/#/explore?page=1&language=Python&domain=All&growth=All&min_tf=1&max_tf=1 The list includes such things as requests , flask , bottle , jinja , web.py , werkzeug , and lots of api wrappers (such as the twitter api, django-facebook api, and redis). Some of that might just be their algorithm not getting things quite right, and some of it is just old, abandoned packages, but not all of it. So maybe, if you need a way to learn a new language, pick an important package that needs help to survive worst-case-scenarios, and learn everything about that package? RE: Truck (bus) Factor = 1 - micseydel - Jan-03-2017 That's a fantastic point for anyone who wants to get into OSS! RE: Truck (bus) Factor = 1 - snippsat - Jan-05-2017 Kenneth Reitz(Requests) did run into a Burnout-factor,not as dangerous as get hit by a bus The Reality of Developer Burnout Quote:@Kenneth Reitz RE: Truck (bus) Factor = 1 - nilamo - Jan-06-2017 I think that's what happened to why, which is unfortunate since he was the #1 best part of Ruby imo. |