We try to make wemake-python-styleguide development sustainable.
To put it short: it is hard. However, we have managed to find one monthly contributor.
I personally know like 10s of companies that use it, and our project is an important part of their workflow. But, only one of them contributed.
The hardest part for me is to market this and get in touch with possible supporters.
Last year I have spent more than 80 hours on meetings, calls, emails, and chats with companies that were kind-of interested in donating to open-source. It is just not worth it. I would be more productive writing code, not wasting time.
We try to make
wemake-python-styleguidedevelopment sustainable.To put it short: it is hard. However, we have managed to find one monthly contributor.
I personally know like 10s of companies that use it, and our project is an important part of their workflow. But, only one of them contributed.
The hardest part for me is to market this and get in touch with possible supporters.
Last year I have spent more than 80 hours on meetings, calls, emails, and chats with companies that were kind-of interested in donating to open-source. It is just not worth it. I would be more productive writing code, not wasting time.
OpenCollective: opencollective.com/wemake-python-s...
Repo: github.com/wemake-services/wemake-...
@ben , maybe we can highlight some community projects that are searching funding via dev.to? I hope this might help to get some traction!