I loved reading https://github.com/servo/servo/issues/12125. It is a great example of open source persistence despite it not being a priority. Things move forward at snail pace and stalls multiple times. Just when all hope seems lost, they manage to ship it ! This is the case with most opensource projects - things take their own sweet time but they eventually somehow manage.
On a side note, I noted that https://github.com/larsbergstrom owns lars.com. Wow! I wonder how much that is worth given that every 5th german is named lars ;) (though strom seems to indicate he is norwegian)