Ever wondered what it costs to be an Open Source Software (OSS) developer? I decided to break down my monthly expenses to give you a glimpse into t...
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I pay for IDEA around 100 euros. For many years I have been using that one. After 3 years you're reaching the minimum price. If you have an opensource project they might give you one free of charge. For database operations, IDEA is more than enough I guess. For Docker, GitLab is a good alternative, and Repsy for maven, python, and npm artifacts. Vercel and Supabase have free tiers for hobby projects. If you are not earning any money you might think Contabo hosting. It's somewhat of a cheap option. DigitalOcean might be something in the middle.
Yeah, I’m glad that you have the resources for the tools you find helpful for open source development. I mean that.
However, one need not spend any money outside of hardware and internet to contribute to open source, and in some parts of the world you don’t even need that.
I love how many paths there are for open source contribution.
Interesting article!
Personally I've moved from DBeaver to DataGrip and it reduces my costs as my JetBrains All Products pack is significantly cheaper in subsequent years.
I have been experimenting with datagrip! I really enjoy the tool and I've been thinking of cutting dbeaver because of it. :) I am waiting right now for copilot integration into datagrip to see if it can help me define queries better.
I use to assist to meetups because some of them raffle intellij license 😁
Thanks for sharing, good article!
Did you put a Donation button something so you could get funded. I mean only if you wish to do so :)
I have it on all my repositories and in my github Readme but donations are few & far between. I had donations for a little bit and I was extremely grateful for them but in this economy it's understandable when I saw those subscriptions or onetime donations cease.
Oh very interesting to see the actual numbers, but time is probably the largest investment, I just wonder how to balance working for a company and doing open source? how do you do it?
I joke with my coworkers that once I clock out I put my work laptop away and pull out my development laptop. It's a little bit of a joke but is based in truth. When I'm done working ~5 I will sign out of my worl laptop and load up my desktop to work on oss
LOL, as long as you don't get burnout from all the screen time, you for sure need to take some breaks from time to time.