A masterclass in clear writing and transparency. I wish all nonprofits were like this.
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I am just annoyed that every time Zig developers publish some articles or even make some comments here on HN they always contain something negative about someone else.
Like even in this thread when someone said that Zig wastes too much money on infrastructure the first thing Andrew Kelly does is to show that Rust spends much more.
Is $100k/year a good salary? Depends. For a software engineer, no, since most software engineers make more. For a paramedic, yes, since most paramedics make less.
To know if $15k is a lot to spend on CI and a website, a great way to answer that question is to look at what peers spend on the same thing. Hard to think of many better peer comparisons for Zig than Rust.
The comparison to Rust is meaningless.
Each project has different demands and requirements from their infrastructure.
For example, Rust compiles all open-source crates on a regular basis to test for regressions.
You can't just point to Rust and say, "Look at that guy."
If you want to justify the expenses of your infrastructure you need to explain where the money goes.
I think it's a good report because it's very clearly written and I was able to pick up a great deal of information about their financial situation/dynamics from a quick scan of less than a minute. I think if you're asking people for money, having a very high signal-noise ratio like that is optimal. I can read other formats (eg I have been browsing nonprofit form 990s for many years), but I like communication that is short and to the point.
>If you want to justify the expenses of your infrastructure you need to explain where the money goes.
And they did. Comparing to anything is how a normal human would judge whether the spending is relevant. It is call price comparison. Whether it is a valid comparison is up to the person to decide. And more often that not when the two pricing are so vastly different that person should look a little deeper.