Kattni recites a litany of reasons that @freakboy3742 is an open-source maintainer role model for me. The BeeWare sprint at PyCon 2024 was filled with joy, constant recognition of contributors' achievements, rewards (challenge coins, and I just failed a coin check). Achieving this sort of social milieu with the degree of intentionality that Russell does is really something to aspire to, and it is not easy.