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Tobi (Shopify CEO) has been supporting my open source work via GitHub Sponsors since early 2022, so I reached out to him and said (very paraphrased) "I'm gonna
by akling 3y ago
Tobi (Shopify CEO) has been supporting my open source work via GitHub Sponsors since early 2022, so I reached out to him and said (very paraphrased) "I'm gonna start pushing harder on Ladybird, would Shopify want to be an official sponsor?"
- rglullis 3y agoOk, so by induction... how did you get your first Github sponsors?
- akling 3y agoI've been broadcasting my programming sessions on YouTube since 2019. I have over 1000 videos here: https://www.youtube.com/@awesomekling https://www.youtube.com/@awesomekling Over time, my audience grew, and some people really liked my videos, so I first made a Patreon and later a GitHub Sponsors for those who wanted to help me turn it into a full-time job someday. Thanks to growing support, I was eventually able to make it a full-time job. For more details on this journey, I wrote about it here: https://awesomekling.substack.com/p/i-quit-my-job-to-focus-on-serenityos-full-time https://awesomekling.substack.com/p/i-quit-my-job-to-focus-o...
- ljlolel 3y agoAlso notice that the quoted engineer Mike Shaver was a leader at Mozilla before. So helps to have knowledgeable internal support too.
- akling 3y agoIndeed! Mike has been really helpful :)
- ralgozino 3y agonow I'm wondering if the "let's make Ladybird render Shopify better" video series was before or after that... :D