Re:How to pay your rent with your open source project
by Tijdreiziger on Monday July 27, 2020 @12:22PM
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If it's just a small script you can throw it up on GitHub Gist. People can still leave comments there, but you might feel less obligated to spend your time on those than if you see "[x] open issues" on your project.
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Re:How to pay your rent with your open source project
by ryukafalz on Monday July 27, 2020 @01:04PM
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You can also disable issues entirely on a project, if it's slightly larger than just one script. This, plus a disclaimer on the readme like "This was made solely for my personal use and I cannot provide support!" seems like an okay way to go about this.
I've written hacky one-offs before that other people used as a jumping-off point for something more serious, which is pretty cool to see. I'm always in favor of releasing your code for that reason, you never know if someone else will find it useful!
https://sachachua.com/blog/2020/07/why-i-love-free-software/