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The original was posted on /r/opensource by /u/Averroiis on 2025-07-14 13:24:17+00:00.
Hi, just read this piece about "Apex Architects" in open source, basically saying some projects do better when they stick to one person’s vision instead of trying to please everyone.
What blew my mind is I didn’t know SQLite and curl were mostly built by one person. That’s wild.
He also mentions how he had a Rails gem where he had to sacrifice some good Postgres stuff just to keep it working with SQLite and MySQL too.
Curious what you all think. Do you like solo/small projects with a clear vision or big community ones?
Anyone run into this too?