Sounds like OS developers would benefit from Product Managers who could shield them from the users (among other PM tasks). Do many OS projects have PMs? Are there any "standards" around non dev roles in OS projects?
The best approach I have found is simply to add more automated gates/bots. If people have not done what the bot asks, there's no need to waste time/energy on them.
Yeah. And I eventually came to realize: lazy.
> Yeah. And I eventually came to realize: lazy.
Lazy is just one side of the coin. If someone's career is focused on unsexy hard work instead of halfheartedly "demonstrating value", the core problem is not that they cannot slack off. The core problem is that others can hold them hostage.