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Truck (bus) Factor = 1
#1
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-gi....f1d2q1an4

For python specific repos, that number is 899: http://gittrends.io/#/explore?page=1&lan...1&max_tf=1

The list includes such things as requestsflaskbottlejinjaweb.pywerkzeug, 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?
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#2
That's a fantastic point for anyone who wants to get into OSS!
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#3
Kenneth Reitz(Requests) did run into a Burnout-factor,not as dangerous as get hit by a bus Angel
The Reality of Developer Burnout
Quote:@Kenneth Reitz
I was very close to deleting all of my projects from GitHub,
all my slides from SpeakerDeck, destroying my website, and moving on with my life in peace.
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#4
I think that's what happened to why, which is unfortunate since he was the #1 best part of Ruby imo.
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