3 ms·
Zig is a great project that I am very happy to support with $50/month on Patreon. Andrew consistently communicates progress and gives periodic updates on Twitch
by ryanworl 7y ago
Zig is a great project that I am very happy to support with $50/month on Patreon. Andrew consistently communicates progress and gives periodic updates on Twitch/YouTube.
I don't have any relationship with Andrew other than I want his programming language to exist and replace C. I saw it on another HN post just like this.
I would encourage you to watch the talk linked from his Patreon page.
https://www.patreon.com/andrewrk https://www.patreon.com/andrewrk
And then give him some money! :)
- craftyguy 7y agoThis got me thinking, if you're giving $50 to Zig on patreon and they are receiving less than $50 (because fees), and Zig is giving $150 to musl on (whatever funding site) and musl is receiving less than $150 (because fees), why not give your $50 to musl instead? Giving to projects which turn around and give it elsewhere seems wasteful, unless your goal is to also fund sites like patreon.
- ryanworl 7y agoI've been donating to Zig since long before this announcement. Andrew is free to do what he wishes with the money.
- craftyguy 7y agoYou somehow completely missed the point.
- dang 7y agoIf you keep breaking the site guidelines we're going to have to ban you. I don't want to do that. Would you mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and just using HN as intended? The idea is to post thoughtful, substantive, respectful comments, or no comments.
- gibolt 7y agoJust like a busy restaurant drives more traffic, seeing a larger dollar amount or more patrons may encourage further donations. Patreon also has decent message distribution channels and makes subscriptions easy for both sides.