Something I've been pondering for some time that could materialize a lot faster than the D foundation would be something like a kickstarter for me personally.

If I could raise about $15,000 in the short term - a large sum of money, I admit - I could take a three month break from my day job and focus on D things; likely my own libraries (i'd like to finish the minigui and simple game bits especially) as well as documentation things, but maybe some bug fixes and perhaps phobos/druntime bits too if there's enough demand.

I actually have a bit of an urge to write D documentation and tutorials, but that's actually even more time consuming than code, and less beneficial to me personally! (i already know the stuff i'd be documenting so it doesn't directly benefit me, whereas the code is something I can at least use myself)

Three months isn't enough to change the D world, but with the day job on hold, it would be enough time to realistically achieve some useful, if modest, goals, like finishing some small libraries or a tutorial set.



But I'm also hesitant to do it for a few reasons, chief among them being that it would take a large sum to actually warrant taking time off work... and without time off work, I don't really have the time to do this, and secondly that I would prefer to do the code my way still.

however, would any of you be interested in that kind of thing?

On 8/10/2015 6:44 AM, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
> Are you one of those guys who wears a Star Trek t-shirt to a Star Wars
> convention (or vice versa)? ;)

If Luke and Kirk would only put aside their differences.

On 8/10/2015 9:58 AM, vladde wrote:
> Will the swag feature http://dlangcomicstrips.tumblr.com/ ?

Why didn't I know about that? Pretty dazz!

(Who drew them? Keep 'em coming!)

On 11/08/2015 11:55 a.m., Adam D. Ruppe wrote:
> Something I've been pondering for some time that could materialize a lot
> faster than the D foundation would be something like a kickstarter for
> me personally.
>
> If I could raise about $15,000 in the short term - a large sum of money,
> I admit - I could take a three month break from my day job and focus on
> D things; likely my own libraries (i'd like to finish the minigui and
> simple game bits especially) as well as documentation things, but maybe
> some bug fixes and perhaps phobos/druntime bits too if there's enough
> demand.
>
> I actually have a bit of an urge to write D documentation and tutorials,
> but that's actually even more time consuming than code, and less
> beneficial to me personally! (i already know the stuff i'd be
> documenting so it doesn't directly benefit me, whereas the code is
> something I can at least use myself)
>
> Three months isn't enough to change the D world, but with the day job on
> hold, it would be enough time to realistically achieve some useful, if
> modest, goals, like finishing some small libraries or a tutorial set.
>
>
>
> But I'm also hesitant to do it for a few reasons, chief among them being
> that it would take a large sum to actually warrant taking time off
> work... and without time off work, I don't really have the time to do
> this, and secondly that I would prefer to do the code my way still.
>
> however, would any of you be interested in that kind of thing?

I suggested support via donation/subscribing to live streamers. Nobody even commented :/

Okay there is only two of us currently doing it but.. hey publicity + D code written. Would be great to get D core devs doing it and earning some money at the same time.

On Mon, 10 Aug 2015 16:58:13 +0000, vladde wrote:

> Will the swag feature http://dlangcomicstrips.tumblr.com/ ?

you told them about our little secret! how dare you?!.

p.s. no, i'm not the author.

On 11/08/2015 4:58 a.m., vladde wrote:
> On Monday, 10 August 2015 at 01:34:24 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
>> On 8/9/2015 6:52 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>>> There will be a possibility with the D Language Foundation, hopefully
>>> by the end
>>> of this year. -- Andrei
>>
>> Looking forward to it. We can also use the foundation to sell some D
>> swag so that people will get something for their donation. After all,
>> nothing is cooler than wearing a D t-shirt to a C++/Java/Go/Rust
>> convention!
>
> Will the swag feature http://dlangcomicstrips.tumblr.com/ ?

Yeah who is making them?
I'd love to add them as part of my stream!

On 08/10/2015 01:10 PM, Tofu Ninja wrote:
>
> Would be
> great if D could have full time paid devs working on it.

Totally. That would be a dream job @_@

On Tuesday, 11 August 2015 at 14:26:45 UTC, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
> On 08/10/2015 01:10 PM, Tofu Ninja wrote:
>>
>> Would be
>> great if D could have full time paid devs working on it.
>
> Totally. That would be a dream job @_@

I know right, where can I apply?

On 12/08/2015 4:18 a.m., Tofu Ninja wrote:
> On Tuesday, 11 August 2015 at 14:26:45 UTC, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
>> On 08/10/2015 01:10 PM, Tofu Ninja wrote:
>>>
>>> Would be
>>> great if D could have full time paid devs working on it.
>>
>> Totally. That would be a dream job @_@
>
> I know right, where can I apply?

And I'm here saying, hey get me partnership on livecoding.tv. I only have to earn a few hundred a week and you would have me :)
Most likely a full time streamer. Imagine the promotion we would get to new developers alone. Must make it worth it.

On 2015-08-10 22:28, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:

> Straight development plus minding releases, organizing DConf, website,
> media, PR, and more. -- Andrei

I suggest that the foundation also owns all infrastructure, accounts and similar as much as possible. This is to avoid that a single person has this information and then leaves.

-- 
/Jacob Carlborg