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His personal finances are really impressive. Selling his fulltime dedication for 12k/year...

• jsnell 13y ago
  His arrangements are interesting, to say the least, see http://joey.hess.usesthis.com/ http://joey.hess.usesthis.com/ . The whole thing is worth a read, but here's a sample: > So the whole house runs on 12 volt DC power to avoid the overhead of an inverter; my laptop is powered through a succession of cheap vehicle power adapters, and my home server runs on 5 volt power provided by a USB adapter.
  • icebraining 13y ago
    There's also his notes to a caretaker: http://joeyh.name/blog/entry/notes_for_a_caretaker/ http://joeyh.name/blog/entry/notes_for_a_caretaker/
• aspensmonster 13y ago
  I don't recall where I read about it, but my understanding is the developer lives a very frugal lifestyle in an off-grid environment, something akin to homesteading but with an internet connection. His costs are as minimal as he can make them, and in turn he can both spend more time on his work, and be fully commissioned with campaigns like this. I think he was also involved with the Debian GNU/Linux installer.
  • mpyne 13y ago
    > I think he was also involved with the Debian GNU/Linux installer. Yes he was (might still be, too). That where I'd first heard of Joey.
• zoul 13y ago
  Not that it’s his case, but $12k/year is quite a reasonable amount of money in a lot of parts of the world. As an example, here in the Czech Republic you can live a decent life for that amount with all the usual comforts.