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Thanks for making this. I really like it. Do you have plans to monetize it? I hope not. Because this is a thing that should exist in the world. I would much ra

Thanks for making this. I really like it. Do you have plans to monetize it? I hope not. Because this is a thing that should exist in the world. I would much rather support this via donations than ads or anything else.

KronisLV 3y ago
> Do you have plans to monetize it? I hope not. OpenCollective says that the total donations are $1,107.75 USD with 6 contributors. I threw another 20 bucks at them after reading that, but it seems like at least ads or something would make sense purely from a financial perspective, since even with 8M impressions, not that many are interested in donating sadly. I do really enjoy the site, it has lots of technologies listed and looks very pleasant. Actually used it just this week, since I started building an API with the previous .NET LTS version but a new one came out, so I suddenly started having to install older package versions for compatibility reasons hah.
- 0x000042 3y ago
  > OpenCollective says that the total donations are $1,107.75 USD with 6 contributors. I threw another 20 bucks at them after reading that, but it seems like at least ads or something would make sense purely from a financial perspective, since even with 8M impressions, not that many are interested in donating sadly. What are the operational costs of running such a site?
  - captn3m0 3y ago
    Currently none, but that's mostly because we've worked hard to keep it that way. I publish finance updates on a GitHub Discussion (https://github.com/endoflife-date/endoflife.date/discussions/287 https://github.com/endoflife-date/endoflife.date/discussions...). We used to pay $9/mo for Netlify Analytics but didn't find it helpful. We're looking to join OpenEoX.org to standardize EoL information publication, but that requires a lot more funds (https://github.com/endoflife-date/endoflife.date/discussions/4008 https://github.com/endoflife-date/endoflife.date/discussions...). We also have a pretty long roadmap (https://github.com/endoflife-date/endoflife.date/issues/2108 https://github.com/endoflife-date/endoflife.date/issues/2108) that focuses on integrating better with the sbom ecosystem (We want to make an API that does SBOM->EOL alerts for eg). Such projects require a lot of development effort, and we'd like to be able to sponsor it on our own (via grants/donations).
    - yjftsjthsd-h 3y ago
      > We want to make an API that does SBOM->EOL alerts for eg You could consider making more expensive features paid options? Definitely tradeoffs there but it is an option, especially for business-useful features
    - teepo 3y ago
      This is a great idea. Hopefully this gets more attention and resources. You're really well positioned to fill a gap in the ecosystem.
  - midasuni 3y ago
    Setting aside a HN spike, $100 a year should be fine for hosting. Or use someone else’s hosting platform like GitHub, cloudflare etc for the cost of a domain name.

KronisLV 3y ago

> Do you have plans to monetize it? I hope not. OpenCollective says that the total donations are $1,107.75 USD with 6 contributors. I threw another 20 bucks at them after reading that, but it seems like at least ads or something would make sense purely from a financial perspective, since even with 8M impressions, not that many are interested in donating sadly. I do really enjoy the site, it has lots of technologies listed and looks very pleasant. Actually used it just this week, since I started building an API with the previous .NET LTS version but a new one came out, so I suddenly started having to install older package versions for compatibility reasons hah.

0x000042 3y ago
> OpenCollective says that the total donations are $1,107.75 USD with 6 contributors. I threw another 20 bucks at them after reading that, but it seems like at least ads or something would make sense purely from a financial perspective, since even with 8M impressions, not that many are interested in donating sadly. What are the operational costs of running such a site?
- captn3m0 3y ago
  Currently none, but that's mostly because we've worked hard to keep it that way. I publish finance updates on a GitHub Discussion (https://github.com/endoflife-date/endoflife.date/discussions/287 https://github.com/endoflife-date/endoflife.date/discussions...). We used to pay $9/mo for Netlify Analytics but didn't find it helpful. We're looking to join OpenEoX.org to standardize EoL information publication, but that requires a lot more funds (https://github.com/endoflife-date/endoflife.date/discussions/4008 https://github.com/endoflife-date/endoflife.date/discussions...). We also have a pretty long roadmap (https://github.com/endoflife-date/endoflife.date/issues/2108 https://github.com/endoflife-date/endoflife.date/issues/2108) that focuses on integrating better with the sbom ecosystem (We want to make an API that does SBOM->EOL alerts for eg). Such projects require a lot of development effort, and we'd like to be able to sponsor it on our own (via grants/donations).
  - yjftsjthsd-h 3y ago
    > We want to make an API that does SBOM->EOL alerts for eg You could consider making more expensive features paid options? Definitely tradeoffs there but it is an option, especially for business-useful features
  - teepo 3y ago
    This is a great idea. Hopefully this gets more attention and resources. You're really well positioned to fill a gap in the ecosystem.
- midasuni 3y ago
  Setting aside a HN spike, $100 a year should be fine for hosting. Or use someone else’s hosting platform like GitHub, cloudflare etc for the cost of a domain name.