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[1111.62 --> 1112.16] How do they get funded? |
[1112.36 --> 1112.88] Most stars. |
[1112.88 --> 1117.22] The accelerator program is, yeah, most stars. |
[1117.48 --> 1119.90] The accelerator program is an application. |
[1120.18 --> 1123.80] So someone who's interested in taking their project to the next level applies and we selected |
[1123.80 --> 1124.08] them. |
[1124.90 --> 1129.52] On the GitHub fund, we actually try to source them and find them and then we reach out. |
[1130.16 --> 1134.72] They could also reach out, but we actually do a lot of, a lot of research to try to find |
[1134.72 --> 1134.88] them. |
[1135.52 --> 1139.66] Will you do the accelerator package or process as part of like batches? |
[1139.66 --> 1144.70] I'm thinking like YC, for example, like you have YC batch X and maybe this is a version |
[1144.70 --> 1148.26] for open source where the accelerator, is it called accelerate? |
[1148.70 --> 1149.10] Accelerator. |
[1149.62 --> 1150.02] Accelerator. |
[1150.24 --> 1155.98] This accelerator program that, you know, maybe this first batch is like, hey, we've helped |
[1155.98 --> 1158.56] these maintainers level up their projects. |
[1159.28 --> 1163.98] Maybe the GitHub fund is right after that for them potentially to like throw some money in |
[1163.98 --> 1164.88] there or whatever it might be. |
[1164.88 --> 1167.08] Is there a thought around that process? |
[1168.02 --> 1169.98] I hope with all the things. |
[1170.28 --> 1171.52] Yeah, we'll definitely repeat it. |
[1171.68 --> 1175.88] I hope with all the things that we do that we learn and iterate and I'd love to see us |
[1175.88 --> 1179.24] build more and more into the products so that we could make it available to everybody. |
[1179.40 --> 1179.76] Right. |
[1179.84 --> 1183.94] So like maybe when you reach 5,000 stars, I know we were joking about it before, but |
[1183.94 --> 1187.98] when you reach 5,000 stars, we know you really need, it would be really helpful if |
[1187.98 --> 1191.84] you knew about GitHub sponsors and had a list of tips and tricks that work really well |
[1191.84 --> 1194.36] with it and so we somehow surfaced that. |
[1194.78 --> 1194.90] Right. |
[1195.34 --> 1198.86] Behind the scenes where we're hearing that like a lot of the activity on GitHub is done |
[1198.86 --> 1204.04] by like 1% of the repos and that's kind of part of like funding open source. |
[1204.14 --> 1209.48] Like there's a lot of activity in GitHub around open source and maintainers and whatnot that's |
[1209.48 --> 1210.74] in like a very small percentage. |
[1210.88 --> 1214.70] Is that, how as part of GitHub sponsors, do you have active reach out to this kind of |
[1214.70 --> 1214.90] folks? |
[1214.90 --> 1217.66] Like are you looking at the 1% that's got a lot of activity? |
[1218.22 --> 1222.02] How do you kind of quantify or narrow down who to help and how to help them? |
[1222.54 --> 1226.38] So GitHub sponsors, individuals and companies are deciding who they want to sponsor. |
[1226.72 --> 1226.88] Right. |
[1226.94 --> 1233.02] We can, we can obviously like offer suggestions, but ultimately it's down to like you deciding |
[1233.02 --> 1235.02] that you want to give Jared like $10 this month. |
[1235.02 --> 1236.34] So you're handing out shovels and picks. |
[1236.54 --> 1237.58] You're not giving maps. |
[1238.30 --> 1239.52] We're trying to provide maps. |
[1239.68 --> 1243.58] We're not providing rules and saying you must turn right here. |
[1243.58 --> 1243.94] Yeah. |
[1244.22 --> 1250.64] Well, when you said at 5,000 stars, you may be, so that made me think you might have |
[1250.64 --> 1252.96] some proactive outreach as part of sponsors. |
[1252.98 --> 1254.66] I would love to start doing that. |
[1254.98 --> 1255.06] Right. |
[1255.34 --> 1260.14] But what I wanted to say when you asked what's next, I hope we learn from the accelerator this |
[1260.14 --> 1266.12] round and learn, you know, who is interested, who came, what did they learn, what was most |
[1266.12 --> 1270.38] valuable for them, what kind of problems are they encountering, like, and we iterate. |
[1271.04 --> 1271.20] Yeah. |
[1271.20 --> 1276.30] But in terms of the sponsors, the product, it's pretty much what it is until we get this |
[1276.30 --> 1278.12] new person to come run product, right? |
[1278.60 --> 1281.90] We have a team working on sponsors, but we're hiring a new lead. |
[1282.16 --> 1282.94] A lead for the team. |
[1283.04 --> 1284.52] For sponsors and accelerator together. |
[1284.68 --> 1288.20] Because I know like when we spoke with Devin Zugel originally, when she was finished with |
[1288.20 --> 1292.22] her work there, and probably when we talk about with Jessica as well, you know, there's |
[1292.22 --> 1298.82] other ideas of ways of providing funding for open source through sponsors, the product |
[1298.82 --> 1300.82] that's not money. |
[1301.42 --> 1306.76] Well, no, it's money, but maybe you have like for, so bug bounties is one idea of like, |
[1306.82 --> 1308.06] well, we have issues, right? |
[1308.08 --> 1310.08] We have all these things through sponsors. |
[1310.18 --> 1312.46] Maybe we could also provide funding through bug bounties. |
[1312.46 --> 1315.48] And I remember asking Devin about that and she had her ideas on it. |
[1315.54 --> 1317.32] And then I think Jessica had her ideas. |
[1317.96 --> 1325.20] But in terms of like changing the product dramatically or like adding to it, you're looking for a |
[1325.20 --> 1325.60] new leader. |
[1326.20 --> 1326.94] Is that fair? |
[1327.04 --> 1328.00] Or you're like, are you? |
[1328.42 --> 1329.36] We're still working on the product. |
[1329.54 --> 1329.64] Okay. |
[1329.78 --> 1330.90] And we're hiring a new leader. |
[1331.00 --> 1331.22] Okay. |
[1331.22 --> 1334.92] And I would hope with things like bug bounty that what we're doing is making it possible |
[1334.92 --> 1336.92] for you to host a bug bounty if you want to. |
[1337.18 --> 1339.84] Not that you have to have a GitHub bug bounty to sign up for. |
[1341.00 --> 1344.32] No, I mean, the idea there is like, well, you could just build it right into issues. |
[1344.72 --> 1349.18] And so you open an issue and say, hey, I would love for this issue to be addressed. |
[1349.58 --> 1350.82] Here's $1,000. |
[1351.56 --> 1352.90] Or maybe we could all bid on it. |
[1353.00 --> 1355.14] We could all say, I'll throw $10 into the pot. |
[1355.34 --> 1355.80] Yeah, exactly. |
[1355.98 --> 1356.50] Yeah, for sure. |
[1356.50 --> 1356.72] Pool the money. |
[1356.72 --> 1360.66] So like those kinds of ideas, maybe good idea, maybe not a good idea. |
[1360.66 --> 1364.10] But ultimately, like the sponsor's team has to decide what's going to be worked on. |
[1364.66 --> 1368.12] And so I was just wondering if the product's moving forward in the meantime while you're |
[1368.12 --> 1369.44] looking for someone to lead that team. |
[1369.48 --> 1370.74] And it sounds like they're still working on stuff. |
[1370.88 --> 1371.20] They are. |
[1371.44 --> 1375.76] But this accelerator thing is super cool, by the way. |
[1376.14 --> 1379.38] I remember covering it in ChangeLog News and seeing a bunch of projects get money. |
[1379.60 --> 1380.66] And they're all excited. |
[1380.88 --> 1382.24] And they get mentorship too, right? |
[1382.36 --> 1382.50] Yep. |
[1383.36 --> 1383.98] So hopefully. |
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