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Zig Software Foundation 2025 Financial Report and Fundraiser

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165 points smlavine | 3 comments | 03 Sep 25 01:45 UTC | HN request time: 0.722s | source
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IshKebab ◴[03 Sep 25 08:20 UTC] No.45113428[source]▶
Wow, paying himself $150k after tax from donations! That's wildly more successful than I would have guessed. (Not saying it's undeserved.)

> we need more recurring donations

Damn... really? More than $170k/year from Github Sponsors? That's got to be the most successful Github Sponsor income ever right?

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1. baranul ◴[03 Sep 25 18:31 UTC] No.45119005[source]▶
What's even more wild, was reading the complaints and condemnation of competing language creators for having supporters give them donations. It's a much different tune, when one's own pocket is fat with donation money. Wish people could be happy for the success of others and not only themselves.
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2. AndyKelley ◴[03 Sep 25 20:18 UTC] No.45119964[source]▶
Baseless accusation. Do you by chance have affiliation with a "competing language"?

checks profile

there it is

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3. baranul ◴[05 Sep 25 20:45 UTC] No.45143387[source]▶
> "competing language"

Just a consumer. Hope that it is ok to choose or like something else. Please don't be angry. If it counts for anything, fine with things going well for you.

> "Baseless accusation"

No sir, not baseless. At one time, the pocket watching of competitors was real and they getting just $927/month (figure from your .me site and many other places) from their happy fans and loyal supporters seemed too much to bear.

Now that one's personal pocket is fat with $12,500/month, perhaps we can hope to see good will and grace extended to others besides one's self. The world is big enough for creators to be professionally respectful of each other and to allow consumers to choose what they like.