I don’t know that anyone would have predicted it.

I don’t have any particular comment just… hey. You’re killing it. Keep doing your thing. 💜

Empathy. Mine also seems to have perfected the art of waking me up to remind me that I’ll need to wake up in a couple hours.

The lathe is still under the bed in the bus…

Same but wood chisels and fountain pens.

The path from “This security thing is a worthy challenge!” to “Leave me alone to maintain my antique tractor and do not mention cursed calculators to me” was a lot shorter than I expected.

It can be a tough step, to be sure.

How much are you trying to raise?

Much of what I’ve seen in the realm of funding for OSS humanitarian aid projects comes from the philanthropic funding orgs. How much exploraient have you done with grant writing?

Hey you.

I’ve been driving myself deep into the intersection of funding and open source sustainability, specifically on a quest to change the ways companies support their open source infrastructure. Most corps who write checks for OSS write small ones compared to their revenue. I want to change that.