I'm one of the maintainers of Streamlink [1] which has members from around the world and we've been running various methods of donation since 2017 or so. In that time our Open Collective [2] has made about $1600 USD. We have 6k+ stars, and over 50,000 users across all platforms (based on download stats as we don't collect any metrics in our apps so it's potentially higher) yet the entire amount we've collected is thanks to less than 100 people. We note the Open Collective on every release as well, and have donation links in the documentation.

My own personal donation methods total $15 from one person in the past 5 years since we forked the project and started maintaining it. We have more users than many start ups do and I know that there are several companies using our software.

[1]: https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink [2]: https://opencollective.com/streamlink

This is a fantastic idea. The concept of code tours is something I've been trying to push for via thorough readmes combined with example PRs to show users how to actually do something but this takes it to another level that I'm very happy to see.

CodeLingo’s playbooks are an approach to solve that type of problem https://playbooks.codelingo.io/p

I think this is the first webpage I've seen that doesn't load at all without AMP. Pretty concerning that developers are going down this route.

Seems neat but using Intel chips over AMD is an immediate deal breaker for me.

I'm using an Ergodox EZ which I really enjoy and I'm hoping wireless plus a trackball is in the next iteration. Even just being wireless (or a wireless add-on) would be great.

That would be epic. I asked the Ergodox folks about it and they said they’ve experimented with a wireless Ergodox EZ but there’s problems with latency with the two halves being wireless. So I’m skeptical that they’ll produce anything soon.

While this may work for individual contributors I don't see how it benefits open source work and the community in general. It suggest writing articles and creating videos but there is then a drive to release less information publicly to try and get people to pay because your code is confusing or your docs are lacking. That seems like a big negative.

It also doesn't work for team based projects. I'm one of the maintainers of Streamlink [1] which has members from around the world and we've been running various methods of donation since 2017 or so. In that time our Open Collective [2] has made about $1600 USD. We have over 50,000 users across all platforms (based on download stats as we don't collect any metrics in our apps so it's potentially higher) yet the entire amount we've collected is thanks to less than 100 people. We note the Open Collective on every release as well.

My own personal donation methods total $15 from one person in the past 5 years since we forked the project and started maintaining it. We have more users than many start ups do and I know that there are several companies using our software, but I haven't figured out how to make donations really work yet. How do we determine who should make what from a shared pool of money? How do you value a contribution, PR, etc., and most importantly how do you get users to actually pay without negatively impacting the project?

[1]: https://github.com/streamlink/streamlink [2]: https://opencollective.com/streamlink

Why are you sorry for them? They are making the choice to work at Plaid when they know Plaid is a terrible legal phishing company.

Are there plans at any point to support remote work? Seems like a very cool product but relocating is a bummer.

Last time I looked at a D.C. based job for another federal agency the answer was no. Considering the lower salaries and fact they don't cover relocation costs it's a pretty big downside.

You should include details on how long each of those interviews are. 3 technical interviews plus an intro call seems excessive depending on how long they're expected to take.