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Jacob Birkett

spikespaz
Silicon Valley

I have been interested in computers for as long as I can remember. There is so much to learn and so little time. Over the years I've been building up a vast armada of knowledge -- there's an infinite amount of information to glean from the internet. I feel that I have learned enough to be dangerous, yet I still know nothing. The passion to learn about different programming languages and developer tools, and to solve problems at a pure logical level, has driven me to invest exorbitant amounts of time into reading and writing code. I love computers and have an almost magical intuition for using them, no matter what the system.

All of your generous donations will go directly to funding my free time, which is 99% likely going to be spent making my next big (or small) vision of software. I always have so many ideas and never enough time to put them into execution, and I hope to eventually accrue enough funds from my home-grown software to allow me to work less at a "real" job and spend more time doing what I love, for myself and for my users.

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Reaching this sponsorship goal of a measly $75 per month will allow me to spend less time working and more time playing with new developer things. This is incentive and encouragement for me to finish the projects that I start, seeing the cash flow makes me feel free to spend more time programming, because I feel like I'm actually being productive and not wasting my time in front of a computer barely scraping by on minimum wage.

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Featured work

  1. spikespaz/dotfiles

    My NixOS dotfiles. Friends call it Bird OS.

    Nix 47
  2. spikespaz/search-deflector

    A small program that forwards searches from Cortana to your preferred browser and search engine.

  3. spikespaz/threedeethings

    A repository for 3D models created with OpenSCAD--a programmer's CAD software--for personal or public use. Some of these models are only useful to yours truly; others may be useful to you as well.

    OpenSCAD 1

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One dollar every month from fifty people is fifty dollars every month! Wow! Isn't it amazing how that adds up? And it's almost nothing to you! Jokes aside, thank you for the contribution.

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Three dollars will buy me one iced coffee every month. You can contact me directly to redeem one license key to any of the software that I have made. Thanks!

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Five dollars a month will grant you access to several license keys of reasonable value. Most of my stuff is free anyway and there isn't a single difference between monetized and not, but hey, thanks for your support!

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There are 10 types of people in the world. Those who understand how difficult it is to fund time for open-source software, and those who don't. For your generosity you can expect first-class support on any of my software, and feel free to ask for license keys to my software. Thank you for your contribution.

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For a twenty every month, you can have whatever you want. I'll send license keys for you and your friends for any of my software upon request. I will be highly inclined to complete any feature requests you may have promptly, because if you're this generous, it's the least I could do. You are amazing and appreciated! You must truly be a fan.