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Grant Funding: What Happens When You Pay for Open Source Work?
On today’s show Nadia and Mikeal talk with Max Ogden, creator of Dat, an open source, decentralized tool for distributing data sets. Max has also done a lot of work in the Node.js ecosystem, including helping start NodeSchool and publishing hundreds of modules to npm. He was also one of the first Code for America fellows.
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Sponsors:
- Toptal – Scale your team and hire the top 3% of developers and designers at Toptal. Email Adam at [email protected] for a personal introduction to Toptal.
Featuring:
- Max Ogden – Website, GitHub, X
- Nadia Eghbal – GitHub, X
- Mikeal Rogers – GitHub, X
Show Notes:
We talked about how he figured out grants were right for developing Dat, and how he managed to find his first funders. We also got into the mechanics of grant funding. Max shared what it’s like to work with grant funders, and how to build those early relationships if you’re looking for grants yourself.
Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!
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On today’s show Nadia and Mikeal talk with Max Ogden, creator of Dat, an open source, decentralized tool for distributing data sets. Max has also done a lot of work in the Node.js ecosystem, including helping start NodeSchool and publishing hundreds of modules to npm. He was also one of the first Code for America fellows.
Join the discussion
Changelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today!
Sponsors:
- Toptal – Scale your team and hire the top 3% of developers and designers at Toptal. Email Adam at [email protected] for a personal introduction to Toptal.
Featuring:
- Max Ogden – Website, GitHub, X
- Nadia Eghbal – GitHub, X
- Mikeal Rogers – GitHub, X
Show Notes:
We talked about how he figured out grants were right for developing Dat, and how he managed to find his first funders. We also got into the mechanics of grant funding. Max shared what it’s like to work with grant funders, and how to build those early relationships if you’re looking for grants yourself.
Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!