Title: Launching on Patreon

	Title: Launching on Patreon
	Author: Solène
	Date: 13 March 2023
	Tags: blog life patreon
	Description: If you enjoy my work, now you can express it by sponsoring
	me financially through the platform Patreon.

	# Introduction

	Let me share some breaking news, if you enjoy this blog and my open
	source work, now you can sponsor me through the service Patreon.

	Patreon page to sponsor me

	Why would you do that in the first place? Well, this would allow me to
	take time off my job, and spend it either writing on the blog, or by
	contributing to open source projects, mainly OpenBSD or a bit of
	nixpkgs.

	I've been publishing on the blog for almost 7 years now, for the most
	recent years, I've been writing a lot here, and I still enjoy doing so!
	However, I have a less free time now, and I'd prefer to continue
	writing here instead of working at my job full time. I've been
	ocasionaly receiving donation for my blog work, but one-shot gifts (I
	appreciate! :-) ) won't help me much against regular monthly incomes
	that I can expect, and help me to organize myself with my job.

	# What's the benefit for Patrons?

	I chose Patreon because the platform is reliable and offers managing
	some extras for the people patronizing me.

	Let be clear about the advantages:

	* you will ocasionaly be offered to choose the topic for the blog post
	I'm writing. I often can't decide what to write about when I look at
	my pipe of ideas.
	* you will have access to the new blog posts a few days in advance.
	* you give me incentive to write better content in order to make you
	happy of your expenses.

	# What won't change

	This may sound scary to some I suppose, so let's answer some questions
	in advance:

	* the blog will stay free for everyone.
	* the blog will stay JS-free, and no design change are to be expected.
	* the blog won't include ads, sponsored ads or any "influencer" style
	things.
	* publishing on alternate protocols gopher and gemini will continue
	* content will be distributed under a CC-BY-4.0 licence (free to
	use/reuse).

	# Just a note

	It's hard for me to frame exactly what I'll be working on. I include
	the OpenBSD webzine as an extension of the blog, and sometimes ports
	work too because I'm writing about a program, I go down the rabbit-hole
	of updating it, and then there is a whole story to tell.

	To conclude, let me thank you if you plan to support me financially,
	every bit will help, even small sponsors. I'm really motivated by
	this, I want to promote community driven open source projects such as
	OpenBSD, but I also want to cover a topic that matters a lot to me
	which is old hardware reuse. I highlighted this with the old computer
	challenge, but this is also the core of all my self-hosting articles
	and what drives me when using computers.

	# Asked Questions

	I'll collect here asked questions (not yet frequently asked though),
	and my answers:

	* Do you accept crypto currency? The answer is no.