You can buy Ernest a coffee. That will certainly help keep the lights on. But you should probably take a look at the recent posts on his profile.
In addition to the personal issues, he hasn’t been able to meet milestones. He gets sponsored by the same group as Lemmy’s developers, and if he isn’t reaching milestones, he isn’t getting paid. And it sounds like his savings is running out.
While money certainly helps, it sounds like it’s only the tip of the iceberg. Short of sponsoring a personal assistant and a project manager, I’m not really sure how we can help.
We should probably figure this stuff out if we’re to survive. I’m actually worried now, the internet needs a Wikipedia-type Reddit that is sustainable and not unduly putting so much burden (financial and otherwise) on one random (but awesome) dev
You can buy Ernest a coffee. That will certainly help keep the lights on. But you should probably take a look at the recent posts on his profile.
In addition to the personal issues, he hasn’t been able to meet milestones. He gets sponsored by the same group as Lemmy’s developers, and if he isn’t reaching milestones, he isn’t getting paid. And it sounds like his savings is running out.
While money certainly helps, it sounds like it’s only the tip of the iceberg. Short of sponsoring a personal assistant and a project manager, I’m not really sure how we can help.
We should probably figure this stuff out if we’re to survive. I’m actually worried now, the internet needs a Wikipedia-type Reddit that is sustainable and not unduly putting so much burden (financial and otherwise) on one random (but awesome) dev