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Greetings! 👋 I'm Hynek, a prolific open source maintainer and active community citizen! I’ve been a very active member of the Python community for a decade, with non-trivial contributions to countless critical Python projects. So it's safe to say that if you've ever run Python, you've run code written by me.

Especially attrs, structlog, and argon2-cffi are keystone projects of the Python community. My recent stamina and svcs have also gained interest and recognition.

Additionally, I spend a lot of time on tweeting 🦜, tooting 🐘, writing 🖋️, publicly learning 🤯, speaking 📣, YouTubing 📺, and mentoring 👨‍🏫 about software engineering and Python and how it fits into the greater production / service landscape.

Why You Should Sponsor Me

I've been maintaining some of my projects for a decade and as every FOSS maintainer will tell you: it's no fun. Most time is spent answering bug reports and fixing edge cases, not implementing exciting new features.

Sponsorships have carried me over major motivation slumps in the past and are the only reason my software remains production-grade across the board. Every time I get an email about a new sponsor, it's like a bolt of energy. Every time I get a GitHub Sponsors payout, I feel gratitude and motivation.

If you sponsor me, you ensure that I remain motivated to maintain my projects further, share my knowledge in blog posts and conference talks, and help users of my software – instead of looking into how to monetize my skills privately.

Lately, I've also started using the funds from my sponsorship income to travel to smaller conferences. Therefore your sponsorships directly enable me to contribute to the community even more without straining conference budgets.

Perks

The main perk, of course, is more of my output being available to everyone. So, no matter what tier you choose, you're helping me improve the world. Thank you!

But after years of receiving generosity, I want to give back:

  • ❤️ Every sponsor of $11 or more that chooses to sponsor publicly, will be thanked by me in every project release in the GitHub release notes while they're sponsoring me.
  • 🔦 Sponsors of $25 and up are presented as "Featured sponsors" on this page (until I run out of space!).
  • 🖼️ For organizations, it's now possible to add a sponsor logo to one of my projects, per $50. Of course, you're also qualified if you sponsor me with equivalent one-time donations.
  • 📣 The highest tiers also include monthly social-media shout-outs including a handle of your choice when announcing a new release.
  • 📺 I'm currently experimenting with thanking my sponsors on my YouTube channel, but no promises about frequency and/or format!

❗️ Important: If you have any questions or concerns regarding the perks, don't hesitate to get in touch with me at [email protected]! ❗️

@hynek

I already put a lot of effort into providing my users with the best-possible security, including supply chain issues. However especially corporations with stricter compliance requirement would benefit from advanced supply chain concepts like Supply chain Layers for Software Artifacts (SLSA), Software Bill of Materials (SBOM), and sigstore signatures. Since these are concepts that currently only benefit corporate users that are the minority among my sponsors, I'm not willing to put in the work. Once (and as long as) the goal of $2000 per month is reached, I will be happy to implement them for all my projects for everyone as far as possible. Feel free to contact me in private too, if you'd like to use different means to achieve the same goal

Featured sponsors

@klaviyo
@filepreviews
@privacy-solutions
@asqui
@kpfleming
@buttondown

Current sponsors 44

@ProteinQure
@westerveltco
@slafs
@khadrawy
@mukiblejlok
@thmsklngr
Private Sponsor
@carltongibson
@roboflow
Private Sponsor
@moving-content
@ap--
@atbigelow
Private Sponsor
@dcramer
@rivol
@birkjernstrom
@cjw296
@miketheman
@cricalix
@magnuswatn
@jessesnyder
@cmarqu
@swinkels
@asqui
@kpfleming
@filepreviews
@privacy-solutions
@klaviyo
Private Sponsor
@chdsbd
@vinogradovkonst
@aganders3
@sthagen
Private Sponsor
@jefftriplett
@dreid
@cootook
@pquentin
@buttondown
@libertininick
@berkanteber
@thnxdev
@bgusach
Past sponsors 35
@medecau
@PhilippeGalvan
@tim-schilling
@salah93
Private Sponsor
@indigoviolet
@adamghill
@si14
@sergiomoraes
@tmr232
@jodal
@thomasballinger
@ionelmc
@michelvittoria
@rzijp
@aucampia
Private Sponsor
@jezdez

Featured work

  1. python-attrs/attrs

    Python Classes Without Boilerplate

    Python 5,333
  2. hynek/structlog

    Simple, powerful, and fast logging for Python.

    Python 3,649
  3. hynek/stamina

    Production-grade retries for Python

    Python 979
  4. hynek/svcs

    A Flexible Service Locator for Python.

    Python 319
  5. hynek/doc2dash

    Create docsets for Dash.app-compatible API browsers.

    Python 567
  6. hynek/argon2-cffi

    Secure Password Hashes for Python

    Python 575

31% towards $2,000 per month goal

@jefftriplett @asqui
@magnuswatn @dcramer @moving-content @getsentry @ProteinQure

jefftriplett and 41 others sponsor this goal

Select a tier

$ a month

You'll receive any rewards listed in the $5 monthly tier. Additionally, a Public Sponsor achievement will be added to your profile.

$5 a month

Select

The Patron

Choose for non-commercial use.

You think that my work is worth supporting and want me to encourage to do more!

Perks

🏅 A sweet sponsor's badge on GitHub and the great feeling of supporting a busy maintainer!

$11 a month

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The Visible Patron

Choose for non-commercial use.

You think my work deserves support and can afford a little extra to motivate me a little further!

Perks

  • ❤️ If you make your donation public, I will thank you publicly in all package releases on the respective GitHub release page before the full changelog.
  • 📺 I'm currently experimenting with YouTube and thanking my sponsors there. No promises yet, but your name will be on the screen if your donation is public.

$25 a month

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The Dedicated Patron

Choose for indie commercial use.

Perks

  • ❤️❤️❤️ You will be thanked in releases in an earlier, separate section.

  • 📺 I'm currently experimenting with YouTube and thanking my sponsors there. No promises yet, but your name will be on screen and I'll do my best to read it out loud (pronunciation aids welcome!) before the previous tier.

    ⏰ This is a limited-time only offer for my early sponsors and will become a higher-tier-only perk eventually for those who don't lock it in now. ⏰

$50 a month

Select

The Organization

Choose for commercial use.

Perks

  • ❤️❤️❤️ You will be thanked in releases in an earlier, separate section.

  • 🖼️ Sponsor's logo! You can pick one of my projects & I will add it with a link of your choice to its GitHub README.

    My projects include everything found under my account plus attrs and service-identity.

  • 📺 I'm currently experimenting with YouTube and thanking my sponsors there. No promises made, but you will be thanked with a logo and the special thanks you deserve before all lower tiers.

$100 a month

Select

The Dedicated Organization

Choose for commercial use.

Perks

  • 🖼️ 🖼️ All from the $50 tier, except you can put your logos on two projects! As with the previous tier, this is extremely generous and the price will rise. Lock your rate in now!
  • 📣 Shoutout on Twitter/X, Mastodon, and LinkedIn when you start sponsoring me and then once per month whenever I release a new version of one of my projects.
  • 📺 I'm currently experimenting with YouTube and thanking my sponsors there. No promises made, but you will be thanked with a logo and the special thanks you deserve before all lower tiers.