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Naive question, but does this site actually require much ongoing maintenance?

I’ve used it for years and find it incredibly useful (& am appreciative of its existence) - just didn’t realize it needed much upkeep.

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I am not the author, but can speak as someone who has kept a "seemingly simple" semi-popular web service online for many years with no/low maintenance: it often comes down to the fact that issues tend to pop up just when you don't have time to work on them. It is usually not a lot of maintenance, but it feels like a lot when you have to dive back in to something that you haven't thought about in months. It ends up being a source of very low level chronic stress.

I can totally see why shifts in other priorities would make it attractive to decommission.

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