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@alexellis

Alex Ellis

alexellis
United Kingdom

How my work benefits you 🎯

If you've ever searched for a topic on Go, Docker, Raspberry Pi, or Kubernetes, then the chances are that you've already benefitted from my work. You might have also seen one of my blog posts on Twitter, Reddit, Hacker News or in a newsletter.

I volunteer my time to help the community understand how to use and benefit from CNCF projects and Cloud Native technology.

OpenFaaS is the largest project with over 30k GitHub Stars, more than 350 contributors, and hundreds of blog posts and conference talks recorded from around the world. This project takes up the majority of my time and focus, but unfortunately, many end-users do not contribute any resources to its upkeep or continued development.

Keep these projects independent, free, and actively developed

Are you already a user? Perhaps you just appreciate developer tools that make your job easier. Including: k3sup, arkade, openfaas, inlets and derek.

These projects do not receive external funding, but are free and open source. I don't want to have to shut any more of them down, but need to be honest with you. They cost time and money to maintain and develop. This is where you can help.

Become a Sponsor and join my journey

When you join GitHub Sponsors you become an Insider because you're joining my independent Open Source journey.

What do you get? πŸ§‘β€πŸ’»

To start off, you'll get bragging rights about actually supporting Open Source.

You'll show up as a sponsor on any issues or PRs you create which means you get preferential treatment.

Debug GitHub Actions via SSH

On the 15 USD / mo tier and higher, you'll get access to debug GitHub Actions over SSH.

Treasure Trove 🏝

If you're on the 25 USD / mo tier or higher, then you'll get access to The Treasure Trove - a portal, just for sponsors.

Including:

  • ⭐ 50% discount for private Zoom calls with me
  • ⭐ Every update I've written since 2019 (over 180 to explore!)
  • ⭐ 20% discount forΒ all my eBooks

Sponsors Portal

Join me on this journey today πŸ™‹β€β™‚οΈ

Open Source is not sustainable without external funding, and I don't expect GitHub Sponsors to ever pay the bills. So since 2019, I've been building a company to offer commercial features and support for OpenFaaS - with the goal of employing full time contributors.

The more funds we can raise through GitHub Sponsors, then the more I can focus on what you know me for: open source software, technical tutorials, building community, and creating more value for you.

I believe open-source should stay open and that we need to sustain both people and projects. If you do too, then Sponsor today and join my journey πŸ†

@alexellis

I need your help to secure the future of OpenFaaS, inlets, k3sup and arkade. These projects do not receive external funding from the companies that rely on them in production, so it's up to all of us to keep them alive. Your sponsorship means that these projects can continue to exist for everyone to use and benefit from. The more we raise here, the more I can serve the community.

Current sponsors 56

@LucasRoesler
@kwojcicki
@gshiva
@BretFisher
@VladyslavKurmaz
@devries
@mikesir87
@sysrex
@ybiyrit
@tamalerhino
@aidansteele
@DaleBingham
@kylos101
@serverlessnomad
@lachie83
@guillaumemaka
@gabrielsson
@ams0
@nicklasfrahm
@mrsimonemms
@ionrover2
@iximiuz
@levlas
@milsman2
Private Sponsor
@psolymos
@alexlovelltroy
@omnipresent07
@jhernandezb
@psviderski
@NerdyShawn
@houstonhaynes
@martindekov
@richardcase
@kgrz
@kakkoyun
@markboost
@portainer
@ibmchas
@Nabsku
Private Sponsor
@radu-matei
Private Sponsor
@Mouldling
@kltownsend
@nolar
@mjbright
@ihcsim
@eddiezane
@johntellsall
@Sonichigo
@cheshire137
@coopbri
@moonape1226

Featured work

  1. openfaas/faas

    OpenFaaS - Serverless Functions Made Simple

  2. alexellis/k3sup

    bootstrap K3s over SSH in < 60s πŸš€

  3. inlets/inlets-operator

    Get public TCP LoadBalancers for local Kubernetes clusters

  4. alexellis/arkade

    Open Source Marketplace For Developer Tools

  5. self-actuated/actions-usage

    Find your total usage on GitHub Actions

18% towards 300 monthly sponsors goal

@LucasRoesler @markboost
@Mouldling @kwojcicki @kltownsend @DaleBingham @kylos101

LucasRoesler and 55 others sponsor this goal

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β˜•οΈ Buy me a coffee.

You'll get a badge on your profile, and show up as a "Sponsor" on Issues and PRs.

$15 a month

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🎯 You may have benefitted from my blogs, tutorials, or one of the projects I maintain like k3sup, arkade, OpenFaaS, inlets, or Derek.

Upgrade to the next tier for even more benefits.

πŸ’» Debug / explore GitHub Actions over SSH
✍️ Insiders' Subscription with weekly updates
πŸ€– Free access to Derek for your personal repos

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πŸ’ͺ Insiders' Tier - access the complete backlog of Insiders' Updates

  • You're making a contribution to sustaining my OSS and community work.
  • You're supporting my tutorials, blog posts on Cloud Native and OSS tech.

Enable me to continue to give free community-support on Slack and GitHub coaching and leading the community.

πŸ’» Debug / explore GitHub Actions over SSH
πŸ’° Discounts for my eBooks
πŸ€– Free access to Derek for your personal repos
✍️ Insiders' Subscription with weekly updates
🏝 Treasure Trove - access to every Insiders' Update

$50 a month

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πŸš€ Mission: #TeamServerless

You're enabling me to spend more time on open source. As a thank you, upon request I'll ship you a limited edition patch for our mission together.

πŸ’» Debug / explore GitHub Actions over SSH
πŸ’° Discounts for my eBooks
πŸ€– Free access to Derek for your GitHub organisation
✍️ Insider Subscription with weekly updates
🏝 Treasure Trove - access to every Insiders' Update
🎁 Limited edition - #TeamServerless patch

$149 a month

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πŸ† Sponsored entry for alexellis/awesome-baremetal

Submit a product and link for the Sponsored section of awesome-baremetal.

$150 a month

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πŸ‘¨β€πŸ’» Digital Sommelier

As a digital sommelier, you just know good work when you see it. You have admiration for my solutions, and believe in what I'm trying to build. You're here for the journey.

✍️ Insider Subscription with weekly updates
🏝 Treasure Trove - access to every Insiders' Update
βœ‰οΈ Limited edition - #TeamServerless patch
⌨️ Custom Keycap - limited edition, for your mechanical keyboard

$500 a month

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πŸ’» Business Supporter

You're a business user at a start-up, small company or enterprise and are sponsoring because of the value you get from my open source work and tutorials.

✍️ Insider Subscription with weekly updates
🏝 Treasure Trove - access to every Insiders' Update for 5 people in your GitHub org

$1,000 a month

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🧭 Moving the needle

You believe in my Open Source and community work. This tier is going to help me spend more time on Open Source and giving back.

✍️ Insider Subscription with weekly updates
🏝 Treasure Trove - access to every Insiders' Update
🎁 Free intro call - request a 1:1 introduction over Zoom (one-off)