All up, I put in heaps of time and effort creating and updating stuff.
Donations are entirely optional but greatly help me to continue with what I’m doing – releasing high quality content completely for free isn’t great for paying the bills unless people like you step in and show your support, so thanks!
Ongoing:
Knowing that I get X amount each month makes it much easier to plan around paying bills etc, so ongoing support is preferred for those who want to provide it.
Once-off:
If you really liked something in particular that I made but you’re not sure if you want to commit to ongoing support, a once-off is fine too.
- Buy me a coffee
- PayPal (note that although you can make recurring payments using PayPal, it’s better to use the other methods listed above for that purpose)
Deprecated:
- Skrill: Their fees became insane for low-value, low-volume donations, outweighing the value of the donations received.
- Flattr: Service shut down in November 2023.
- Cryptocurrency: I’ve become increasingly wary of being anywhere near the crypto crowd. It’s evolved into an entire industry that appears to primarily exist to siphon funds away from ordinary people while churning through country-scale electricity usage, causing non-trivial environmental harm as a byproduct. The “crypto industry” — itself a distressing phrase — is so rich off of the back of providing minimal real-world value that it can afford to throw down a couple hundred MILLION DOLLARS to influence US elections. So yeah, no thanks?
- Ko-Fi: Although I still accept donations made on the platform, I now prefer buymeacoffee, because I believe their approach is more sustainable, and sustainable financial positions are an important tool in fending off enshittification.
If you’d like to support me via other means, get in touch and we’ll try to work something out.