# Reducing Open-Source Commitments Before the Birth of His Daughter

DevFeed: [Reducing Open-Source Commitments Before the Birth of His Daughter](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/doing-less-for-her-37800.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://carlosbecker.com/posts/less/>)

Author: Carlos Alexandro Becker

Published: 2026-02-01T19:48:29Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Carlos Becker](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/carlos-becker.md>)

Topics: [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [Maintainers](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/maintainers.md>), [GitHub](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github.md>)

Tags: [archiving](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/archiving.md>), [github](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github.md>), [maintainers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/maintainers.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>)

## AI overview

The author reflects on reducing his open-source workload before his daughter is born. He plans to find co-maintainers for repositories he no longer wants to maintain, archive projects that have outlived their purpose, and focus on the remaining work.

## Source excerpt

My daughter will be born soon, and I'm reflecting on what that means for my open-source work.