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>Sidekiq withdrew its $250,000/year sponsorship for Ruby Central Whoa! I'm blown away that Sidekiq has enough money in the bank that one of their sponsorships

>Sidekiq withdrew its $250,000/year sponsorship for Ruby Central Whoa! I'm blown away that Sidekiq has enough money in the bank that one of their sponsorships is $250k/yr! Sidekiq the company (actually ContribSys) is just one guy: Mike Perham.[0] I listened to an interview with Mike a few years ago, and he seemed like he had an amazing setup. He was making about $1M/yr with no employees, just him selling code and contributing to open-source. I don't think he even has servers to keep online. According to this podcast from 2023, he's now making close to $10M/yr in revenue and is still just running the whole thing by himself.[0] Great life for a solo dev founder! [0] https://ruby.social/@getajobmike https://ruby.social/@getajobmike [1] https://www.startupsfortherestofus.com/episodes/episode-661-millions-in-revenue-as-a-one-person-software-company https://www.startupsfortherestofus.com/episodes/episode-661-...

kimos 1y ago
Mike is salt of the earth, a wonderful man. The community is lucky to have him. I also of course did not know the size of his donation, but it’s not that surprising. Especially since he didn’t advertise his reason for donating, or his reason for stopping (both of which are principled).
- BowBun 1y ago
  Seconding this. No-nonsense, good dude. Shaking his hand was more of a personal goal than DHH.
- jaredcwhite 1y ago
  I can concur, I have spent some time with him IRL. He is one standup guy, and his ethics are inspiring.
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mperham 1y ago
Correct. Thank you for the kind words. If you want to support me, support Sidekiq and Faktory.
- arresin 1y ago
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  - jmcgough 1y ago
    If you have an issue with how he donates his money, you are welcome to donate $250k/year in his place.
    - damagednoob 1y ago
      To be consistent, then the same goes for Shopify.
herval 1y ago
Sidekiq is the dream of the Indie developer. Useful and simple product, highly automated, mints money
randomstringxyz 1y ago
I worked with Perham while at Shopify. They are one of his many financial contributors and he made like 250k a year just so we alone could contract him. (I do not know particular numbers.) Was in my experience a very kind and knowledgeable person who would answer all my dumb questions graciously. Shopify however is a deeply evil company that is literally run by Nazis. Not a metaphor, like, actual Nazis.
1fab1 1y ago
I heard Perham pulled his 250k because DHH was invited to Ruby conf 2025 as a speaker. Someone knows why he hates him so much?

kimos 1y ago

Mike is salt of the earth, a wonderful man. The community is lucky to have him. I also of course did not know the size of his donation, but it’s not that surprising. Especially since he didn’t advertise his reason for donating, or his reason for stopping (both of which are principled).

BowBun 1y ago
Seconding this. No-nonsense, good dude. Shaking his hand was more of a personal goal than DHH.
jaredcwhite 1y ago
I can concur, I have spent some time with him IRL. He is one standup guy, and his ethics are inspiring.

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mperham 1y ago

Correct. Thank you for the kind words. If you want to support me, support Sidekiq and Faktory.

arresin 1y ago
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- jmcgough 1y ago
  If you have an issue with how he donates his money, you are welcome to donate $250k/year in his place.
  - damagednoob 1y ago
    To be consistent, then the same goes for Shopify.

herval 1y ago

Sidekiq is the dream of the Indie developer. Useful and simple product, highly automated, mints money

randomstringxyz 1y ago

I worked with Perham while at Shopify. They are one of his many financial contributors and he made like 250k a year just so we alone could contract him. (I do not know particular numbers.) Was in my experience a very kind and knowledgeable person who would answer all my dumb questions graciously. Shopify however is a deeply evil company that is literally run by Nazis. Not a metaphor, like, actual Nazis.

1fab1 1y ago

I heard Perham pulled his 250k because DHH was invited to Ruby conf 2025 as a speaker. Someone knows why he hates him so much?