Comment by xena
8 days ago
I just found out about this when it came to the front page of Hacker News. I really wish I was given advanced notice. I haven't been able to put as much energy into Anubis as I've wanted because I've been incredibly overwhelmed by life and need to be able to afford to make this my full time job. Support contracts are being roadblocked, and I just wish I had the time and energy to focus on this without having to worry about being the single income for the household.
I don't think Xena is going to promote themselves but I looked at their GitHub sponsor's page. They have a monthly goal of $5k but haven't even hit $1.5k. Combined with their Pateron they get a whopping $2k/mo.
There's a lot of love for Anubis alone, but this doesn't translate to a third of what a junior dev makes. How do we expect to turn these highly beneficial open source products when people cannot pass off a small portion of their savings to those that make the tools.
I hope you figure it out Xena. Even though I'm only on the user side of things I've liked Anubis more than other solutions like cloudflare.
https://github.com/sponsors/Xe#sponsors
https://www.patreon.com/cadey
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Median looks to be higher, though skewed, so let's say 60k? That would be $5k/mo. Not to mention that a standard job includes things your hardware and things like insurance (yeah, I know, CA not US). The donations don't just cover salary but also all operating costs.
But what's your point? That Anubis creates less value because it's made in Canada? That Xena should be paid like an entry level engineer because it's open source? That there's people who make less so be happy? (Starving kids in Africa) How would you respond if your employer made the same argument to you? Or that Xena should work two jobs because one of the above options?
I really don't understand what you're arguing.
My comparison to an entry level engineer's salary was because it is a very low bar.
https://www.levels.fyi/t/software-engineer/locations/canada
Or look at just entry level: https://www.levels.fyi/t/software-engineer/levels/entry-leve...
US for comparison: https://www.levels.fyi/t/software-engineer/locations/united-...
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That sucks. Keep fighting the good fight, and I wish you all the best. We need people working on this problem (unfortunately).
Thanks! I just wish I could afford to work on this full time, or at least even part time. It would help me a lot and prevent me from having to work what is effectively two full time jobs. Rent and food keep getting more expensive in Canada.
Good luck, I'm sorry for all of this speculation and people attacking your solution instead of suggesting concrete improvements to help fight the problem.
Thanks. It means a lot. Today has not been a good day for me. It will be fixed. Things will get better, but this has to rank up there in terms of the worst ways to find out about security issues. It sucks lol.
I'll double down on what veqq said; Thoes that can, do. Those who have no idea where to start complain on internet threads.
There will always be bots, they were here before anubis, they'll be there long after you block them again. Take care of yourself first. There's no need to make a bad day worse trying to sprint down a marathon.
Please don't feel bad. There will be always a horde of noisy people who can't do anything but complain. Some of them don't know better, some of them just want to see the world burn.
You're doing a tremendous job. On a personal note, I'm not angry or anything, it's just the nature of the process. No hard feelings here. I root for you.
Hope everything goes way better and way sooner than you ever imagined. Good luck & godspeed!
You are doing a tremendous job, and we are really thankful for the great work you've done. Personal matters come first though imho. Take care <3
I saw you touching grass, so I hope that's at least helping you get through the day <3
Is it a security issue? I thought it was just the crawlers spending the energy in solving the challenges?
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