Open Source Summit India 2026

Murphy's Law states, "Anything that can go wrong will go wrong." For an Open-Source project, this can be a daunting task. Imagine you are in between a major architectural change, trying to decouple a monolith and your community itself starts to decouple. This is what happened recently in our decade old community and we would like to share the raw behind-the-scenes of our journey, hoping it will be helpful for others who're going through the same.

Our story will portray, how we lost our veteran leaders and architects departing the community, placing an unprecedented load on the remaining maintainers to bridge a massive gap in expertise, institutional knowledge and maintain stability while executing a high-stakes architectural migration. We will also touch bases on how the GenAI can work as a double-edge sword when you are in short of contributors.

Key Takeaways:
1. Practical strategies for project survival when veteran institutional memory departs mid-migration.
2. Why Next.js was a strategic necessity and not just a nice-to-have upgrade.
3. Navigating the influx of high-volume, variable-quality contributions and managing the burnout.
4. Lessons on building a new leadership.