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Alex Ellis

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United Kingdom

How my work benefits you 🎯

If you've ever searched for a topic on Go, Docker, Raspberry Pi, or Kubernetes, then the chances are that you've already benefitted from my work. You might have also seen one of my blog posts on Twitter, Reddit, Hacker News or in a newsletter.

I volunteer my time to help the community understand how to use and benefit from CNCF projects and Cloud Native technology.

OpenFaaS is the largest project with over 30k GitHub Stars, more than 350 contributors, and hundreds of blog posts and conference talks recorded from around the world. This project takes up the majority of my time and focus, but unfortunately, many end-users do not contribute any resources to its upkeep or continued development.

Keep these projects independent, free, and actively developed

Are you already a user? Perhaps you just appreciate developer tools that make your job easier. Including: k3sup, arkade, openfaas, inlets and derek.

These projects do not receive external funding, but are free and open source. I don't want to have to shut any more of them down, but need to be honest with you. They cost time and money to maintain and develop. This is where you can help.

Become a Sponsor and join my journey

When you join GitHub Sponsors you become an Insider because you're joining my independent Open Source journey.

What do you get? πŸ§‘β€πŸ’»

To start off, you'll get bragging rights about actually supporting Open Source.

You'll show up as a sponsor on any issues or PRs you create which means you get preferential treatment.

Debug GitHub Actions via SSH

On the 15 USD / mo tier and higher, you'll get access to debug GitHub Actions over SSH.

Treasure Trove 🏝

If you're on the 25 USD / mo tier or higher, then you'll get access to The Treasure Trove - a portal, just for sponsors.

Including:

  • ⭐ 50% discount for private Zoom calls with me
  • ⭐ Every update I've written since 2019 (over 180 to explore!)
  • ⭐ 20% discount forΒ all my eBooks

Sponsors Portal

Join me on this journey today πŸ™‹β€β™‚οΈ

Open Source is not sustainable without external funding, and I don't expect GitHub Sponsors to ever pay the bills. So since 2019, I've been building a company to offer commercial features and support for OpenFaaS - with the goal of employing full time contributors.

The more funds we can raise through GitHub Sponsors, then the more I can focus on what you know me for: open source software, technical tutorials, building community, and creating more value for you.

I believe open-source should stay open and that we need to sustain both people and projects. If you do too, then Sponsor today and join my journey πŸ†

@alexellis

I need your help to secure the future of OpenFaaS, inlets, k3sup and arkade. These projects do not receive external funding from the companies that rely on them in production, so it's up to all of us to keep them alive. Your sponsorship means that these projects can continue to exist for everyone to use and benefit from. The more we raise here, the more I can serve the community.

Current sponsors 55

@LucasRoesler
@kwojcicki
@gshiva
@BretFisher
@VladyslavKurmaz
@devries
@mikesir87
@sysrex
@ybiyrit
@tamalerhino
@aidansteele
@DaleBingham
@kylos101
@serverlessnomad
@lachie83
@gabrielsson
@ams0
@nicklasfrahm
@mrsimonemms
@ionrover2
@iximiuz
@levlas
@milsman2
Private Sponsor
@psolymos
@alexlovelltroy
@omnipresent07
@jhernandezb
@psviderski
@NerdyShawn
@houstonhaynes
@martindekov
@richardcase
@kgrz
@kakkoyun
@markboost
@portainer
@ibmchas
@Nabsku
Private Sponsor
@radu-matei
Private Sponsor
@Mouldling
@kltownsend
@nolar
@mjbright
@ihcsim
@eddiezane
@johntellsall
@Sonichigo
@cheshire137
@coopbri
@moonape1226
@bradshjg

Featured work

  1. openfaas/faas

    OpenFaaS - Serverless Functions Made Simple

  2. alexellis/k3sup

    bootstrap K3s over SSH in < 60s πŸš€

  3. inlets/inlets-operator

    Get public TCP LoadBalancers for local Kubernetes clusters

  4. alexellis/arkade

    Open Source Marketplace For Developer Tools

  5. self-actuated/actions-usage

    Find your total usage on GitHub Actions

18% towards 300 monthly sponsors goal

@LucasRoesler @markboost
@Mouldling @kwojcicki @kltownsend @DaleBingham @kylos101

LucasRoesler and 54 others sponsor this goal

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A rising tide lifts all boats.

With this one-off amount, you're saying thanks for my open source work and tools.

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  • Say thanks for that blog post or tutorial that helped you today
  • Show your appreciation for K3sup, arkade, inlets or openfaas

Thank you for supporting my work. πŸ™‚ πŸ’» πŸ‘

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Bravo!

You know how hard it can be to build open source tools, community and everything that goes with it.

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