In a new work, William Schueller and I model functionality of #Rust libraries in terms of active devs and upstream dependencies. When a key dev leaves, errors can spread far in the dep network. Considering both social and tech factors gives new insight into risks:bit.ly/3w00M6q

If you are interested in studying large-scale digital collaboration, we have the perfect dataset for you out in Scientific Data: doi.org/10.1038/s41597…. We present data sourced from Cargo, GitHub/Lab/+, on the #Rust language #OSS ecosystem 2015-present.