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Does anyone know how the author supports themselves? They have a patreon, but it’s not enough to make a living: https://www.patreon.com/ciechanowski

The hardest part for me when doing open source work full time was giving it up and getting a day job. I was fortunate that my wife was the breadwinner, and that I got to see what it was like to be a stay at home husband. I’ve often wished to go back to it. Did the author figure out a way, or is he wealthy?

He could also be a Superman, being able to do this with a full time job or contracting work.

I spent a few days studying their blog. The work is so good that when I retire, I’ll make a conscious effort to copy their style as closely as possible. It seems like the optimal way to transmit knowledge.

I wish there was an equivalent to YouTube sponsorships for blogs. If this had a 3 minute preroll ad, they would be rolling in money.



> I write interactive articles about physics, math, and engineering. It's a weekend hobby of mine, so I only end up making a few articles per year.

Superman it is!


They made anywhere from £470 to (using a rough sharp-tail model) £1666 per article.

Whilst I agree that the amount of time required do this doesn't professionally cover that, it's a very nice hobby which makes somewhat real money (very much depending on how many sharp the tail of £54's are) and garners some serious traffic whilst building a very solid credability in the industry.

Plus I signed up, so now they make £2.50 more!


A cursory search indicates that he's a game developer in the UK which explains the WebGL chops.


I think that's a different guy because his twitter profile (from the website) says he lives in California.




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