# Nolan Lawson of PouchDB on what it feels like to be a maintainer

**URL:** <https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/nolan-lawson-of-pouchdb-on-what-it-feels-like-to-be-a-maintainer/1588>\
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**Created:** [October 18, 2024, 2:31pm UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/nolan-lawson-of-pouchdb-on-what-it-feels-like-to-be-a-maintainer/1588 "2024-10-18T14:31:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tina\_Arboleda](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/discourse.sustainoss.org/tina_arboleda/32/763_2.png) [@Tina\_Arboleda](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/Tina_Arboleda)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2024, 2:31pm UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/nolan-lawson-of-pouchdb-on-what-it-feels-like-to-be-a-maintainer/1588/1 "2024-10-18T14:31:37Z")

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[Nolan](https://nolanlawson.com/) delves into burnout, open source challenges, reputation pressures, and his shift to sustainable practices like [Pinafore](https://pinafore.social/).

Listen at 🎙 [Sustain Episode 252: Nolan Lawson of PouchDB on what it feels like to be a maintainer](https://podcast.sustainoss.org/252)

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**Author:** ![RichardLitt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/discourse.sustainoss.org/richardlitt/32/8_2.png) [@RichardLitt](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/u/RichardLitt)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2024, 5:13am UTC](https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/nolan-lawson-of-pouchdb-on-what-it-feels-like-to-be-a-maintainer/1588/2 "2024-10-19T05:13:54Z")

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This one took a bit of time to get out due to an error on my part. But it is still amazing, and I’m really happy it is able to go out now.