Comment by bongodongobob

Old open source maintainers think they are more important and replaceable than they really are. It's the same in any job or company. We are all very replaceable. Boomers thinking they hold the world together is typical and hilarious.

Edit: At my current job I replaced a 65 year old retiree that the company thought was an irreplaceable lynchpin. I learned his job in 2 weeks.