Previous discussion when they launched 7 months ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36722702
(kind of offtopic)
I see these tutorial videos where it zooms in out to the cursor relatively often and I find them really dizzying/distracting, am I alone with that or what do others think about this?
That's great! We've been using Polar for funding GitHub issues in the SerenityOS & Ladybird projects for a couple months now, and it always makes me super happy when I see someone collect a reward!
Also, as someone who has navigated the "how to pay taxes as a crowd-funded OSS developer" swamp myself, I'm super happy to see Polar take on the task of becoming a Merchant of Record and abstracting away much of the complexity for all developers. :)
I like that polar supports funding specific issues or pull requests. Seems like a nice way to help fund a project while also helping prioritize issues you care about.
Polar is Onlyfans for devs?
There were many negative news about another funding platform that basically took the money and ran away[1]. I am curious how Polar would be able to avoid that fate.
I'm curious what the main differences are compared to all the other platforms
One downside is that they operate only in a few countries. Wealthy countries, too. So like GitHub sponsors it’s available in countries that need it least.
How can I create a polar account for a GitHub org instead of only a single user?
Still too many jumps to funnel money to the devs. Github needs to be shaken up.
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