Add a line about it being mostly done by the maintainers

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@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ Invidious is written in an obscure language: Crystal.
Because it is obscure the number of people knowing it is really low. Because it is obscure the number of people knowing it is really low.
Because the amount of people knowing it is really low, the amount of contributors to Invidious is really low: the vast majority of contributions are done by the Invidious maintainers themselves.
Invidious is the biggest Crystal project that exists, bigger than Crystal itself [(yes, seriously)](https://shards.info/). Invidious is the biggest Crystal project that exists, bigger than Crystal itself [(yes, seriously)](https://shards.info/).
The problem of being the biggest software in an obscure language is that you're often effectively the first project to encounter a problem and because it's an obscure language, not a lot of libraries exist to make it easier for you, meaning, you usually have to make everything you need yourself. The problem of being the biggest software in an obscure language is that you're often effectively the first project to encounter a problem and because it's an obscure language, not a lot of libraries exist to make it easier for you, meaning, you usually have to make everything you need yourself.