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Wes Todd

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Hey! I am Wes, and I work on JavaScript things. I have built OSS for ~10 (my first OSS project was a WordPress plugin!) and have become heavily involved in Node.js and it's ecosystem. I work on some projects you might recognize (and many I am sure you don't 😛):

Despite it being pretty difficult to quantify "impact" of these projects, here are some signals which might help:

What Support Means

I have been thinking a lot on what "supporting Wes" should mean. I have a nice job which pays my bills already (thanks Netflix), and while that pay is not for my OSS contributions, I am very privileged. So instead of putting money in my bank account, I want to use the 💸💸💸 to advance my OSS initiatives. This means a few things:

  • Bounties on important contributions
  • Paying for "extras" like swag, better project marketing, etc
  • Experiments on supporting dependency projects
  • Producing content to educate on OSS projects and initiatives

So far I have not gotten much in the way of supporters, so I have just been sitting on it, but if you (or more importantly your company, thanks @getsentry) would like to support more of this work I would love to scale the investment as best I can to help support the OSS ecosystem which supported me in my career.

Current sponsors 2

@roboflow
@FrontendMasters
Past sponsors 9
@darcyclarke
@DanielThomas
@lucas-chu
@syntaxfm
@codecov
@github
@pleo-io
@cpojer
@thnxdev

Featured work

  1. expressjs/express

    Fast, unopinionated, minimalist web framework for node.

    JavaScript 65,947
  2. tj/node-migrate

    Abstract migration framework for node

    JavaScript 1,546
  3. nodejs/web-server-frameworks

    A place for Node.js Web-Server Framework authors and users to collaborate

  4. nodejs/package-maintenance

    Repository for work for discussion of helping with maintenance of key packages in the ecosystem.

  5. wesleytodd/nighthawk

    A wrapper around Express' router for the browser

    JavaScript 55

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OSS will not become financially sustainability with only individuals contributing, but every dollar counts. This level is here so that individuals can participate, and know that I will ❤️ you for it. BUT.....if you contribute at this level, consider asking your company or organization to sponsor at a more substantial level.

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Let's talk a bit before you do this. I want to understand your goals and team. This kind of contribution could fund a grant for someone to work on Express, it could help us run meetups or conferences, this is amazing! But I want to know you before we "go steady".