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Steve Richert

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East Grand Rapids, Michigan

My primary open source work is on Figaro, a Ruby gem for Rails app configuration using environment variables and YAML configuration files.

I haven't contributed much to Figaro in some time now. I blame kids and my new (amazing) job at GitHub. Nevertheless, I have a great start on Figaro 2.0, which includes environment variable casting to various Ruby types. But there's still quite a bit of the mundane work of adding command line tooling for upgrading from Figaro 1.x and generally bringing the package back up to speed with the latest and greatest versions of Ruby and Rails.

Sponsorship is a great way for me to understand the value of these next steps and to help carry me through some of the slog. I'd also love to expand Figaro's maintainership, which I've been notoriously bad at. So please reach out if you're interested in lending a (non-financial) helping hand!

@laserlemon

Why eight? Because it's my favorite number and I like powers of two!

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Featured work

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    Simple Rails app configuration

    Ruby 3,762
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    Ruby 118
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    Create beautiful progress bars for Slack using emoji!

    Ruby 10
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    Like SecureRandom, but less… secure

    Ruby 19

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Every little bit helps! This is the perfect way to communicate that Figaro is still a valuable part of the ecosystem and should be maintained and improved in the future. 💛

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This is the tier for all you Figaro 2.0 fans out there! Your $2 support lets me know that Figaro 2.0 is a worthwhile pursuit and that you'd like to help me get it over the finish line. 🏁

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Are you seeing a pattern? Are you feeling generous? Double down on your support for Figaro 2.0 for less than that wrinkled up Lincoln you just remembered is in your wallet. 💵

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Last call for a sponsorship tier under $10! For $8 a month, your name and likeness will be added to Figaro's README as an "Elite $8 sponsor" (if you so choose). 🏆

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Okay, now things are getting serious. For one of those awesome half dollar coins per day, you'll invited into the conversation around feature development. And after the first sponsorship at this tier, I'll spin up a shiny new GitHub organization for future Figaro development! 💼