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Not sure if this if off topic / out of scope, but I floated this idea on socials with @mcollina about NodeJS possibly having a "bounty" program for feature requests? Basically, if there was a way for developers using Node (like in my case as a framework author) to request features from someone skilled in NodeJS in exchange for payment, that could be an avenue somehow?
I guess it would be more like a job board per se, but it would be nice to have one possibly curated by NodeJS and / or the foundation (and maybe could be used for any foundation project?).
In my case personally, I would love to sponsor someone to work on this, for example - nodejs/node#49445
The quickest and the most affordable way for funding the development of specific things is for you to get in touch with the individual maintainers and sponsor them directly instead of going through the foundation.
So who would that be in this case? Is there like a CODEOWNERS file in the NodeJS repo I should look at to find out the maintainers / reviewers who "own" whatever part of the codebase covers the feature I am interested in? Is reaching out in this way unsolicited desired by these maintainers / the project?
If there is some sort of self-service path for this sort of thing I am unaware of I am happy to read any docs / wikis / etc on that, just need to be pointed in the right direction is all.
The CODEOWNERS file only contains team names and the members are not visible to external folks. Even if the team members are documented somewhere, it would still be unclear who to reach out to for this because some of them might just want to get notified on team pings.
A convenient self-service path does not exist for this and I think it would be good to explore. Could you please open a separate issue in https://github.com/nodejs/TSC? That would be the right place for this discussion.
As part of the follow-up to the proposal to revive the mentorship programme, we'll be putting together a list of SMEs who are open to being contacted. That sounds like what you're looking for. I was hoping to do that today, but I woke up unwell, so probably tomorrow.
PS I'm from the loaders team. That looks like it could be solved with module.findPackageJSON
How would one do this? I got https://openjsf.org/ but there's no obvious donate button or similar. Could you help guide me towards what you are referencing, I would definitely be more than happy to donate for feature requests like this. 💯
Donating money through OpenJS Foundation for Node.js feature requests as an individual doesn't make sense.
The idea is that if you are a company, you donate money to the OpenJS Foundation to become a member and show off how you support the community by putting your logo in https://openjsf.org/members and the money gets used like this: https://youtu.be/Yq2hEseP-Ck?si=eNGFA1AR9_RpkIei&t=470 but whenever there is need for money for anything in node, I hear that there is no money.
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mhdawson commentedon Mar 5, 2025
Current proposal for website - nodejs/nodejs.org#7477
Also looking for people interested in contributing to moving the funding effort worward.
mhdawson commentedon Mar 19, 2025
Waiting on feedback from Foundation/Board in terms of whether the project is allowed to do nodejs/admin#955
thescientist13 commentedon Apr 3, 2025
Not sure if this if off topic / out of scope, but I floated this idea on socials with @mcollina about NodeJS possibly having a "bounty" program for feature requests? Basically, if there was a way for developers using Node (like in my case as a framework author) to request features from someone skilled in NodeJS in exchange for payment, that could be an avenue somehow?
I guess it would be more like a job board per se, but it would be nice to have one possibly curated by NodeJS and / or the foundation (and maybe could be used for any foundation project?).
In my case personally, I would love to sponsor someone to work on this, for example - nodejs/node#49445
RaisinTen commentedon Apr 4, 2025
The quickest and the most affordable way for funding the development of specific things is for you to get in touch with the individual maintainers and sponsor them directly instead of going through the foundation.
thescientist13 commentedon Apr 4, 2025
So who would that be in this case? Is there like a CODEOWNERS file in the NodeJS repo I should look at to find out the maintainers / reviewers who "own" whatever part of the codebase covers the feature I am interested in? Is reaching out in this way unsolicited desired by these maintainers / the project?
If there is some sort of self-service path for this sort of thing I am unaware of I am happy to read any docs / wikis / etc on that, just need to be pointed in the right direction is all.
Thanks!
RaisinTen commentedon Apr 5, 2025
Someone from the
@nodejs/loadersteam.The CODEOWNERS file only contains team names and the members are not visible to external folks. Even if the team members are documented somewhere, it would still be unclear who to reach out to for this because some of them might just want to get notified on team pings.
A convenient self-service path does not exist for this and I think it would be good to explore. Could you please open a separate issue in https://github.com/nodejs/TSC? That would be the right place for this discussion.
JakobJingleheimer commentedon Apr 5, 2025
As part of the follow-up to the proposal to revive the mentorship programme, we'll be putting together a list of SMEs who are open to being contacted. That sounds like what you're looking for. I was hoping to do that today, but I woke up unwell, so probably tomorrow.
PS I'm from the loaders team. That looks like it could be solved with
module.findPackageJSONJakobJingleheimer commentedon Apr 13, 2025
@thescientist13 I'll work on this. I don't want direct sponsorship though; please make the it to nodejs (via OpenJS).
thescientist13 commentedon Apr 17, 2025
@JakobJingleheimer
That's great, thank you so much! 🙌
re:
How would one do this? I got https://openjsf.org/ but there's no obvious donate button or similar. Could you help guide me towards what you are referencing, I would definitely be more than happy to donate for feature requests like this. 💯
thescientist13 commentedon Apr 17, 2025
Thanks for the suggestion @RaisinTen , I've opened nodejs/TSC#1723
JakobJingleheimer commentedon Apr 17, 2025
That's strange. Let me find out for you 🙂
RaisinTen commentedon Apr 17, 2025
Donating money through OpenJS Foundation for Node.js feature requests as an individual doesn't make sense.
The idea is that if you are a company, you donate money to the OpenJS Foundation to become a member and show off how you support the community by putting your logo in https://openjsf.org/members and the money gets used like this: https://youtu.be/Yq2hEseP-Ck?si=eNGFA1AR9_RpkIei&t=470 but whenever there is need for money for anything in node, I hear that there is no money.
What can you do as an individual? The OpenJS website says this: https://openjsf.org/projects#:~:text=Individual%20Support%20Opportunities
You're already GitHub Sponsoring Node.js (many thanks) but this is how the money will be used: https://github.com/nodejs/TSC/blob/main/Nodejs-Funding-Sources.md. TL;DR - Not gonna be used for feature development.
So let's continue the discussion in nodejs/TSC#1723.
This issue is just for status updates, not for discussions, so please open separate issues for discussions.