A Donation per Brief Introduction Video?

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Hello :slight_smile:

Earlier this week, @colinleach kindly committed to donating $50 for each Brief Introduction video that Erik makes. @BNAndras has now kindly agreed to match that.

I thought I would raise awareness of this in case other people fancy joining in too! Obviously, $50 might be way too much for some people, but any committed donations for this would be a massive boost for Erik, me and the team :slight_smile:

I’ll keep a list of anyone that commits here! (You can also commit with an anonymous amount if you prefer and I’ll list your name without the amount!)

(Original thread: Context is here: Mindshifting May languages)

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I will join in but with a special rule (since I dont got a ton of money).

If the set videos I will give set amount of money If they video for set langauge is released before or under 12in23 month for set language.

List of language, with amount and month:

  • Swift, 5$, August
  • Powershell, 5$, September
  • Crystal, 10$, October

If all of them are completed before or under set month I will give a total of 25$.

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I’m counting today’s test runner infrastructure stream as a brief introduction for my own purposes.

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I’ll match the 50 USD per video made before December 24th 2023, up to 2000 USD (40 videos).

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Erik’s props budget is going to go through the roof now. :grin:

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150 per video isn’t bad. I also really do like them and would love to see them made!

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Well I do keep my word, here is the 5$, I promised for the Swift video.

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I might as well expand my offer as well, the current thing of the 3 videos will give a total of 25$ (now 20$). But I would like to expand if Ruby is done under its month (October), so will I donate an extra 5$ but that doesn’t affect the original “offer”.

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First new video for a while (and $50 donated). So far, this has been cheaper than I expected, but I’m sure Erik can change this in the coming months!

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:smiley: I’ll be happy to try and churn out a couple more

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I don’t know how to know which videos are released! Is there a place where I can see what’s been added so I can donate :D ?

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I see some (but maybe not all?) listed here on YouTube.

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The YouTube channel has them all, but it contains more than just the introduction videos. Maybe the brief introductions page is a better location?

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This works well for me. Thanks!

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I just noticed that a “Brief Intro to C#” video has appeared on YouTube. Last time I checked, it hasn’t yet been added to the community/brief_introductions page. I’ve sent my $50.

I’m always happy to see more of these videos, and will extend my contribution offer into 2024 if Erik is OK with that.

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Thanks for the heads up.

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Thanks both! Where are you seeing that C# video? It’s currently still unlisted according to YouTube.

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I went to the YT Exercism page and clicked on Track Introductions. It’s #16 on a playlist with a cryptic URL.

I thought it was one of the best yet! Are we not supposed to see it yet?

Watching Erik eliminate about 90% of the lines of code is a real education…

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OK - that’s useful for me to understand. Thanks! It’s just not got the correct thumbnail or description yet. But I’ll be releasing it in a few hours :slight_smile:

Along with WebAssembly tomorrow too (Expensive week for you! :grin: :blue_heart:)