Gladys Project – Creating an open-source home assistant

Re:Gladys Project – Creating an open-source home assistant by choxi on Monday July 02, 2018 @01:15PM (#17443512)

Are there many developers who make a living off of donations to their open source work? Curious about whether it's viable to build a career off of open source.

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Re:Gladys Project – Creating an open-source home assistant by bckmn on Monday July 02, 2018 @01:26PM (#17443638)

I've been rolling an idea around my head to interview and write up stories on some of these people. Here are some that fit (or come close to fitting) your description that I've been talking to:

- https://sindresorhus.com - https://github.com/slact - https://www.patreon.com/microhq - https://github.com/feross/thanks/blob/master/index.js

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Re:Gladys Project – Creating an open-source home assistant by wilsonnb2 on Monday July 02, 2018 @01:19PM (#17443566)

No, there aren't many. There are some living off of donations, but it's a very small number. Not something that I would consider a viable career option because it requires too much luck.

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