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I received first donation on my open-source side project and it felt great 😍

You can read the updated version on https://gourav.io/blog/first-donation-on-open-source-side-project

I made a plugin for VS Code a while back (3 yrs) for my own use. Other people started using it so I recently decided to put a donate button in plugin description and see what happens. And guess what somebody donated 5$.

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I know I know it's not a big amount but somebody put an effort to make that transaction means he cares about it and found it useful.

This is the plugin I'm talking about. It adds new toolbar buttons to VSCode: https://github.com/GorvGoyl/Shortcut-Menu-Bar-VSCode-Extension


Thank you for reading, I would love to connect with you on Twitter @GorvGoyl

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Killian Frappart

Congratulation🔥

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Tushar Khairnar

Great!!!

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Gourav

Thanks :)

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Md Salehin Khan

Congrats

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Jashandeep Singh

Great Sir.....

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Hanna Rose

Nice extension! Might use it myself, looks neat.

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Gourav

glad you found it useful :)

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XTechnology

👏👏
really excellent .. I wish you continued success

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Adrian Emil Grigore

Congratulations!