Platform Development • Re: Stepping back from new code tasks...

To be honest, I kind of suspected you were overwhelmed by security bugs... I noticed you pulling in a lot of stuff seemingly in a rush related to those, and also merging a lot of stuff in a rush from that eUXP fork... and it seemed like both times there were a lot of small regressions related to the stuff being taken on. I wasn't wanting to say anything since security isn't my area, but I was actually a bit nervous about how much code was going in at once... and I kind of worried I made it worse with that big Python 3 PR right before the flurry of security bugs started landing.

Out of the two things you won't be focusing on anymore, the two that are potentially the most worrying are web compatibility and new code, especially if this is permanent rather than something like a very long break. The other stuff... well, I understand, that's probably best left to the community.

Out of the things you are focusing on, the only two I think I could help with at some point potentially are analyzing crash reports and code review... granted, I don't know if I'm on your level exactly, but I think I could try doing some of that if it ever became needed.

Overall, it does seem like you and Basilisk-Dev are both setting boundaries when it comes to this project and circumscribing responsibilities, pulling back, etc, at basically the same time. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't worried about the implications for the future there, but I also can't really blame either of you for the decisions you're making.

It does seem to leave me as the only person at the moment in a position to do much as far as new code/feature development, but it's not like I haven't already shown an interest in that sort of thing.

I am admittedly hoping that more people in the community get Codex or Claude subscriptions and step up to help out with coding, now that the barrier to entry there has lowered. Then the existing coders who have experience would shift into more of a review role. No idea if this would work out well or not, but it seems like something needs to change.