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I'm loving this Kickstarter model for major open source software. Just in the Django community we're getting incredibly high quality work between migrations in

I'm loving this Kickstarter model for major open source software. Just in the Django community we're getting incredibly high quality work between migrations in Django 1.7, Django REST Framework 3.0, and the PostgreSQL extensions Kickstarters. I've only been paying attention to the Django world with these Kickstarters, but is this catching on in any other sphere of software development (Ruby, Java, .NET)?

yen223 12y ago
Agreed about the Kickstarter model for open-source software. It's the best of both worlds - developers can contribute to the community while still getting paid for it.
danielsamuels 12y ago
There was recently an Indiegogo project for improving the template engine in Django too.
- tragic 12y ago
  The main thing is to make them swappable, which will be great: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/multiple-template-engines-for-django https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/multiple-template-engines...
Argorak 12y ago
Ruby had at least three: https://www.bountysource.com/fundraisers/489-rvm-2-0 https://www.bountysource.com/fundraisers/489-rvm-2-0 https://www.bountysource.com/teams/virtus/fundraiser https://www.bountysource.com/teams/virtus/fundraiser https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1397300529/railsapp/posts https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1397300529/railsapp/pos...
gtaylor 12y ago
From a business perspective, chipping into a Django kickstarter headed up by someone like Tom is an investment with an incredibly high chance to return something valuable. In this case, Tom exceeded expectations with an excellent 3.0 release. We are going to save some developer time, improve the quality of our code, and be better equipped to handle whatever unexpected needs the future throws at us. Ditto for Andrew's Django migrations project. I hope we can all continue to show strong support for these projects, regardless of the ecosystem in question (Django, Rails, etc). We all come out ahead, as long as we make sure that the project leader has a good chance of delivering.

yen223 12y ago

Agreed about the Kickstarter model for open-source software. It's the best of both worlds - developers can contribute to the community while still getting paid for it.

danielsamuels 12y ago

There was recently an Indiegogo project for improving the template engine in Django too.

tragic 12y ago
The main thing is to make them swappable, which will be great: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/multiple-template-engines-for-django https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/multiple-template-engines...

Argorak 12y ago

Ruby had at least three: https://www.bountysource.com/fundraisers/489-rvm-2-0 https://www.bountysource.com/fundraisers/489-rvm-2-0 https://www.bountysource.com/teams/virtus/fundraiser https://www.bountysource.com/teams/virtus/fundraiser https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1397300529/railsapp/posts https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1397300529/railsapp/pos...

gtaylor 12y ago

From a business perspective, chipping into a Django kickstarter headed up by someone like Tom is an investment with an incredibly high chance to return something valuable. In this case, Tom exceeded expectations with an excellent 3.0 release. We are going to save some developer time, improve the quality of our code, and be better equipped to handle whatever unexpected needs the future throws at us. Ditto for Andrew's Django migrations project. I hope we can all continue to show strong support for these projects, regardless of the ecosystem in question (Django, Rails, etc). We all come out ahead, as long as we make sure that the project leader has a good chance of delivering.