I’m launching a side project to award folks for building rad “non-corporate-y” stuff for the web. If you’re working on something for a local community, I’d love to throw you some coffee money!

The whole thesis of this experiment is: “The internet is infinitely more cool when folks build rad shit.”We’ve seen a whole swing from the early web being full of peoples’ individually built websites showing off what they’re interested in to a handful of corporations being the main points of content distribution to a more recent wave of burgeoning personal web spaces.I want to do my part in rewarding folks who are making interesting contributions to a newer more open (and non-corporate-y) internet.So I built https://ift.tt/3wusiHq act as a collection point of interesting projects different web developers are working on. The idea is to pick a few winners (based on a theme) every month, write up an article showcasing their work, and throw them $10 for beer, coffee, or snacks.My hope is that a monetary contribution, small as it currently is, will help developers know that their contribution(s) to the web are worthwhile and encourage them to keep building.I can’t tell you the amount of times I’ve thought “it would be cool if this side project earned me some beer money.” So now that I’m in a position to do it, I’m making it my thing to hand out some coffee/beer money to help keep the innovation flowing!This month’s theme is “Web Projects for Local Communities.” So if you (or anyone you know) is working on anything even vaguely under that umbrella, head on over to the website to tell me about it! Might just be a free coffee in it for you!I’d also like to grow this out to help signal boost as many developers as I can and do my part to keep the momentum going towards folks having their own personal corners of the web again.So, if this sounds like an interesting idea to you, I’d really appreciate if you could retweet this announcement to help get the word out a bit!And in keeping with the /r/frontend rules, here’s the source: https://ift.tt/3sWSOXH hope this inspires someone to spread the “GivesCoffee” ethos of encouraging folks to both own and personalize their own corners of the web.Also, mods, I’m like 95% sure this follows the sub’s self-promotion rules. Just looking to get this in front of more eyeballs so I can reward some web innovation. If I need to change anything here, please reach out. I’d be happy to work with y’all to avoid a strike or temp-ban. <3EDIT: Since a few people have asked if there was a way to "donate money to the cause", I set up a little Patreon page. If you think this project is rad and want to help me give developers a little more than $10, some merch, or maybe even some PaaS/SaaS credits, I'd really appreciate your contribution!I'll even send you a handwritten note of thanks if you sign up in the first sixty days! via /r/Frontend https://www.reddit.com/r/Frontend/comments/mkt50l/im_launching_a_side_project_to_award_folks_for/?utm_source=ifttt