For one, many maintainers of older projects aren't the original authors but take the project over after a while; of course this is usually based on merit, but it's also another place where I imagine prejudice can sneak in.
But it's also just harder these days to find a big niche to fill. Things like UI libraries, database connectors, networking, etc. already exist for all the common languages and the things that could take off in the future are ones that would take more effort to get started.
These days, if you want to start an open source project that actually makes it big, you really need a new idea and need to get lucky with it. Many of the men at the head of open source projects got there on the wave of things that were non-trivial to implement but obviously needed.
So while in theory, yes, it would be possible to "just start a project", this would most likely just remain a personal effort that nobody really cares much about. And having personal github repos with a FOSS license probably isn't what the question is about, is my guess.
There are no irreplaceable people :)
On the last project, a foreign module was used as the core of the system. Some craftsman came and uprooted it. The new system has become more flexible than the old one
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You could start your own open source project! And community will contribute into your project :)
Good point @corners2wall, but it’s easier said than done, especially when you’re a woman in tech.
For one, many maintainers of older projects aren't the original authors but take the project over after a while; of course this is usually based on merit, but it's also another place where I imagine prejudice can sneak in.
But it's also just harder these days to find a big niche to fill. Things like UI libraries, database connectors, networking, etc. already exist for all the common languages and the things that could take off in the future are ones that would take more effort to get started.
These days, if you want to start an open source project that actually makes it big, you really need a new idea and need to get lucky with it. Many of the men at the head of open source projects got there on the wave of things that were non-trivial to implement but obviously needed.
So while in theory, yes, it would be possible to "just start a project", this would most likely just remain a personal effort that nobody really cares much about. And having personal github repos with a FOSS license probably isn't what the question is about, is my guess.
There are no irreplaceable people :)
On the last project, a foreign module was used as the core of the system. Some craftsman came and uprooted it. The new system has become more flexible than the old one