Navigating Criticism and Pride in Open Source Leadership

We sit down with Tobias Koppers of webpack fame to talk about his life as a full-time maintainer of one of the most highly used (4 million+ dependent repos!) and influential tools in all of the web.

Things we ask Tobias include: how he got here, how he pays himself, has he ever gotten a raise, what his typical day is like, how he decides what to work on, if he pays attention to the competition, and if he’s ever suffered from burnout.

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Featuring:

• Tobias Koppers – GitHub, X
• Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
• Jerod Santo – GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X

Show Notes:

• webpack with Sean Larkin (The Changelog #233)
• webpack’s homepage
• webpack on Open Collective
• webpack on GitHub

Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!