<story><title>Russ Cox is stepping down as the Go tech lead</title><url>https://groups.google.com/g/golang-dev/c/0OqBkS2RzWw</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>alphazard</author><text>&amp;gt; I don’t believe that the “BDFL” (benevolent dictator for life) model is healthy for a person or a project&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s interesting that the best projects have BDFLs, and that the best BDFLs are skeptical of their own power.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>knighthack</author><text>I&amp;#x27;ve noticed: competent people who &lt;i&gt;aren&amp;#x27;t&lt;/i&gt; interested in leadership tend to make the best leaders.&lt;p&gt;As compared to people who &lt;i&gt;want&lt;/i&gt; to be leaders, for the sake of being known as a &amp;#x27;leader&amp;#x27;, but  have neither the competency nor accountability to be leaders.</text></comment>
<story><title>Russ Cox is stepping down as the Go tech lead</title><url>https://groups.google.com/g/golang-dev/c/0OqBkS2RzWw</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>alphazard</author><text>&amp;gt; I don’t believe that the “BDFL” (benevolent dictator for life) model is healthy for a person or a project&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s interesting that the best projects have BDFLs, and that the best BDFLs are skeptical of their own power.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>saghm</author><text>Without taking a stand on the first half of that, I don&amp;#x27;t think it&amp;#x27;s particularly surprising that the best BDFLs are skeptical of their power. I&amp;#x27;d argue the main benefit of having a single person with the power to make a unilateral decision is that it provides a way around the gridlock that tends to occur whenever there are a wide variety of stakeholders involved;. a project whose leader feels warranted to overrule decisions that have a strong consensus is a lot less likely to build up a community to the point that anyone is aware of the project.</text></comment>