Reviving an abandoned open-source project: 6 years of Atomic Calendar Revive

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The author revived the abandoned Atomic Calendar project for Home Assistant, turning it into Atomic Calendar Revive, which has grown significantly with over 1,700 commits and many users.
Maintaining the fork taught key lessons: it's a long-term commitment, requires strict backwards compatibility, and must adapt to the moving platform of Home Assistant updates.
Automation (e.g., for releases and CI) is essential for sustainability, and learning to triage feature requests and say 'no' kindly helps manage scope and prevent burnout.
The experience improved the author's engineering skills, such as interface design and resilient coding, and the project remains free and open-source with community support options.

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