Let's talk about the future and the current state of this project.

It all started as a hobby: I love open-source and I used to spam with awesome project links to all my friends and colleagues. At some point, I have asked myself: why couldn't a larger community benefit from these projects? And I thought: "I should probably start a public channel to share my opensource findings".

In a year our small project has grown to more than 3500 people. And that's pretty impressive! And of course, I have plans to grow our community even more.

As a result of this growth, I have started to receive lots of unwanted attention. Mostly in a form of ad proposals like "coding courses", blockchain and crypto markets, shady "new age" HR platforms, and outsource companies.

I, personally, cannot allow any bullshit into this feed. So, I have decided to make a policy.

1. No ads are posted, ever (except for things that I am personally involved in, like conferences and workshops I organize)
2. Opensource projects, articles, and talks can still be sent to me directly. I have removed my contacts from the group description not to receive any more spam, but they are listed in my GitHub account. I will post awesome ones!
3. Instead of unethical ads, if you find the content helpful, learn something new, or improve your daily life, then to support this channel you can:

- Directly donate to us on Github Sponsors: https://github.com/sponsors/wemake-services You will also receive "GitHub Sponsor" badge
- Just follow me on GitHub to show your interest and gratitude: https://github.com/sobolevn

That's it! Happy holidays.

P.S. This will go to the pinned post: