Lottery factor

[romainmenke]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bus_factor

This is related to financial backing / funding

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• PostCSS is 1 person
• LightningCSS is 1 person
• csstools tokenizer and parsing tools is 1 person
• PostCSS Preset Env is 2 persons
• StyleLint is multiple persons 🎉
• CSSTree is 1 person
• PostCSS Import is 1 person
• esbuild is 1 person
• ...

Too many important parts of the CSS tooling ecosystem are owned by only a single person.
This isn't ideal.

It is very rare for a single person to produce high quality software over very long stretches of time.

It is much more common that the software will be sub-par in at least some area's and that eventually their interest will drop and they move on.

A multi-person team, each with different backgrounds tends to produce better results over longer stretches of time.

[belowi]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bus_factor

This is related to financial backing / funding

• PostCSS is 1 person
• LightningCSS is 1 person
• csstools tokenizer and parsing tools is 1 person
• PostCSS Preset Env is 2 persons
• StyleLint is multiple persons 🎉
• CSSTree is 1 person
• PostCSS Import is 1 person
• esbuild is 1 person
• ...

Too many important parts of the CSS tooling ecosystem are owned by only a single person. This isn't ideal.

It is very rare for a single person to produce high quality software over very long stretches of time.

It is much more common that the software will be sub-par in at least some area's and that eventually their interest will drop and they move on.

A multi-person team, each with different backgrounds tends to produce better results over longer stretches of time.

While there are successful examples of software projects maintained by individuals, having a multi-person team offers advantages in terms of sustainability, quality, and the ability to adapt and respond to evolving needs. Collaboration and shared responsibility can help mitigate the risks associated with relying solely on a single person for critical components of the CSS tooling ecosystem.