I was at a tech conference in Sweden when it started. I hadn’t slept in days. I was one of the most prolific open source developers in the Python ecosystem, maintaining the most downloaded HTTP library on Earth, keynoting conferences across the world, and I was losing my mind in a hotel room six thousand miles from home.
Yep I’ve been close to something like that, but I never had nowhere enough success to make me manic. It’s also another thing, way too many asocial nerds get into Foss development but don’t get any such recognition and just burn out.