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UID:pretalx-europython-2026-NS8QQA@programme.europython.eu
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DESCRIPTION:What holds open source together when the code is done? Recent r
 esearch paints a worrying picture: 58% of open source maintainers have con
 sidered stepping back\, and over two-thirds of OSS work is non-code labor:
  conflict mediation\, mentoring\, documentation\, governance\, and emotion
 al labor.Most of it unpaid\, invisible\, and unrewarded. These pressures a
 re disproportionately carried by community leads and underrepresented cont
 ributors.\nAs open source scales across companies\, foundations\, and glob
 al teams\, outdated governance models built to manage code is today being 
 asked to manage humans\, and they’re failing or buckling under the weigh
 t of human complexity. We continue to optimise for commits while ignoring 
 emotional load\, collaboration friction\, and psychological safety\, the v
 ery factors that determine sustainability.\n\nI’ve lived this tension as
  a Service Delivery Manager and community leader. I’ve helped build and 
 sustain communities\, but I’ve also reached the point of emotional exhau
 stion\, questioning whether my unseen contributions mattered at all.\n\nTh
 is talk argues that ignoring emotional labor is no longer neutral \, it is
  actively harmful. We’ll explore how modern governance approaches\, supp
 orted by AI-driven tooling such as sentiment analysis\, workload dashboard
 s\, and governance bots\, can surface invisible work\, distribute responsi
 bility more fairly\, and prevent burnout before it becomes exit.If open so
 urce is to survive its own success\, we must start treating its human syst
 ems with the same rigor as its technical ones.
DTSTAMP:20260524T121706Z
LOCATION:Conference Hall Complex (S4)
SUMMARY:The Unseen Pull Request: The Crisis We Don’t Measure - Lokko Joyc
 e Dzifa
URL:https://programme.europython.eu/europython-2026/talk/NS8QQA/
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