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Due to this crisis, I have kinda become full time open source maintainer. The good thing is a while ago I paywalled some features and monetize new ones - or mor
by smashah 6y ago
Due to this crisis, I have kinda become full time open source maintainer. The good thing is a while ago I paywalled some features and monetize new ones - or more accurately unlock features for donators. The main one I maintain is one used to automate Whatsapp [0], I manage license keys through Gumroad[1] and donations through Buy me a coffee[2]. I'm happy with the amount I'm getting right now but it's definitely not a lot.
One cool thing about doing this is that due to the nature of maintaining a project like this, I end up being the most competent at building products with it. This in turn leads to my discord community asking me to build ideas and I've selected one to build and monetize (still WIP). So it might end up being quite lucrative.
[0] https://github.com/open-wa/wa-automate-nodejs https://github.com/open-wa/wa-automate-nodejs
[1] https://gum.co/BTMt https://gum.co/BTMt
[2] https://www.buymeacoffee.com/smashah https://www.buymeacoffee.com/smashah