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Gladys Project – Creating an open-source home assistant

26 points by pierregillesl 8y ago

chuhnk 8y ago
I wish you the best of luck. I'm also using Patreon to sponsor my work on open source https://www.patreon.com/microhq https://www.patreon.com/microhq. It's a great platform to enable this opportunity. I hope you receive more contributions to help you do it full time!
- pierregillesl 8y ago
  Wow, I'm impressed by your Patreon! Congrats :)
  - chuhnk 8y ago
    Cheers! If you build something of value people will pay for your efforts as long as you give them a way to :)
    - pierregillesl 8y ago
      Totally agree!
choxi 8y ago
Are there many developers who make a living off of donations to their open source work? Curious about whether it's viable to build a career off of open source.
- wilsonnb2 8y ago
  No, there aren't many. There are some living off of donations, but it's a very small number. Not something that I would consider a viable career option because it requires too much luck.
- bckmn 8y ago
  I've been rolling an idea around my head to interview and write up stories on some of these people. Here are some that fit (or come close to fitting) your description that I've been talking to: - https://sindresorhus.com https://sindresorhus.com - https://github.com/slact https://github.com/slact - https://www.patreon.com/microhq https://www.patreon.com/microhq - https://github.com/feross/thanks/blob/master/index.js https://github.com/feross/thanks/blob/master/index.js
wilsonnb2 8y ago
I like the project itself but the emojis seem like an odd choice. Including them in a document that's intended to get people to pay you money seems unprofessional to me. I could be totally wrong about that though, I don't use Patreon so I'm not sure what a page would usually look like. To be honest I've never really understood the culture or appeal of the whole Youtube/Podcasts/Patreon/Internet celebrities thing.
- matte_black 8y ago
  Dead wrong. Emojis make copy more personable and increase conversions.
  - pierregillesl 8y ago
    Exactly that's the goal It's a community project, not a contract :) So I try to be as close as possible from my community
nestorD 8y ago
Good luck for your project. Note that there is also Mycroft the Open Source Virtual assistant : https://mycroft.ai/ https://mycroft.ai/

26 points by pierregillesl 8y ago

I wish you the best of luck. I'm also using Patreon to sponsor my work on open source https://www.patreon.com/microhq https://www.patreon.com/microhq. It's a great platform to enable this opportunity. I hope you receive more contributions to help you do it full time!

pierregillesl 8y ago
Wow, I'm impressed by your Patreon! Congrats :)
- chuhnk 8y ago
  Cheers! If you build something of value people will pay for your efforts as long as you give them a way to :)
  - pierregillesl 8y ago
    Totally agree!

choxi 8y ago

Are there many developers who make a living off of donations to their open source work? Curious about whether it's viable to build a career off of open source.

wilsonnb2 8y ago
No, there aren't many. There are some living off of donations, but it's a very small number. Not something that I would consider a viable career option because it requires too much luck.
bckmn 8y ago
I've been rolling an idea around my head to interview and write up stories on some of these people. Here are some that fit (or come close to fitting) your description that I've been talking to: - https://sindresorhus.com https://sindresorhus.com - https://github.com/slact https://github.com/slact - https://www.patreon.com/microhq https://www.patreon.com/microhq - https://github.com/feross/thanks/blob/master/index.js https://github.com/feross/thanks/blob/master/index.js

wilsonnb2 8y ago

I like the project itself but the emojis seem like an odd choice. Including them in a document that's intended to get people to pay you money seems unprofessional to me. I could be totally wrong about that though, I don't use Patreon so I'm not sure what a page would usually look like. To be honest I've never really understood the culture or appeal of the whole Youtube/Podcasts/Patreon/Internet celebrities thing.

matte_black 8y ago
Dead wrong. Emojis make copy more personable and increase conversions.
- pierregillesl 8y ago
  Exactly that's the goal It's a community project, not a contract :) So I try to be as close as possible from my community

nestorD 8y ago

Good luck for your project. Note that there is also Mycroft the Open Source Virtual assistant : https://mycroft.ai/ https://mycroft.ai/