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I'm currently taking a break from paid employment to work on open source Rust projects. How long I can continue this will depend on how much sponsorship I can get.

The primary thing I'm currently working on is Rust warm build times. I'm starting by writing an incremental linker in Rust, since even with a fast linker like Mold, linking is still often the largest chunk of time during a warm build.

In addition to warm build times, I'm continuing to support my main pre-existing open source projects:

  • Evcxr, a REPL and Jupyter kernel for Rust
  • Cackle, a code ACL checker for Rust.

I haven't set a minimum (or perhaps it's $1). This is to give people more flexibility - e.g. if they've got a budget for their open source sponsorships and would like to spread it around many different people/projects. If you (or better yet, your company) would like to sponsor the work I'm doing, that would be awesome.

Current sponsors 31

@Pratyush
@repi
@acshi
@mstange
@Kobzol
@jonhoo
@marxin
@binarybana
@willstott101
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Private Sponsor
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@jplatte
@davidcornu
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@pmarks
@drmason13
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Past sponsors 6
@ethanmsl
@lexara-prime-ai
@embark-studios
@bearcove
@alexkirsz
@NobodyXu

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$ a month

You'll receive any rewards listed in the $9 monthly tier. Additionally, a Public Sponsor achievement will be added to your profile.

$1 a month

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I'm not going to set a minimum and leave it to you to select what you think my work is worth to you.

$9 a month

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The more sponsorship I get, the longer I can continue to work full time on open-source Rust projects.

$49 a month

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If I get enough sponsorship, I might be able to continue to work on Rust development tools indefinitely.

$99 a month

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If my work helps you at your job, perhaps you can convince your employer to sponsor my work

$490 a month

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Don't feel constrained by their tiers. Any amount is appreciated. The higher the amount, the closer it gets me to being able to do what I do sustainably