A thank you that's equivalent to what you'd give to a grocery store clerk for ringing up your cart. This money will go towards buying myself a fizzy-pop beverage.

A thank you that's equivalent to what you'd give your friend after they've paid a debt they've owed for months. This money will go towards purchasing myself a medium drip coffee at a bougie artisanal coffee roaster in downtown Seattle.

Now we're starting to get crazy. Your thank you here is the equivalent to a jaunty slap on the back. This money will go towards a single serving of a dark ale, helping me towards (at least) one night of intoxicated fun.

Okay, you're starting to get serious. You've used these tools before and thought to yourself, "you know what? let's pay it forward." In the Japanese culture, one says the equivalent of a table blessing before eating to show gratitude by saying "itadakimasu." This tier nets you an "itadakimasu" thank you, and this money will go towards buying me one (1) burrito from a restaurant of my choice.

Things are starting to escalate quickly between you and I. You're generous, benevolent, and are wanting to take me out. I get it. My Github profile speaks for itself. Borderline irresistable. In this donation tier, you'll be buying me dinner from a single restaurant in my area, and the thank you you'll receive is the equivalent of an awkward first-date follow-up text of "thank you, I had a good time tonight."

I'm but a man, a man with two hands, and both those hands lack burritos. At this sponsorship tier you'll fill each hand with two chorizo-scramble breakfast burritos to sate the appetite of a 6'2" male. The praise here comes with no strings attached. It's a genuine thank you. One that you can keep in your pocket for a rainy day and know you did a good thing.

Secret. Squirrel. Tier. You wanted it? You got it. In this tier I'll provide you with the secret link of the month (not guaranteed to be unique). No "thank you"'s here. This is an exchange of goods and services. You give me the cash, and I'll give you the hyperlink. No questions asked. This is a back alley, hush money type-of-deal.

Get my full, unadulterated thoughts on the entire open source offensive tooling debate and why the current landscape is ill-equipped and too immature in answering this question. All in an off-the-record, voice-modulated, face-obscured Zoom video call.

A one hour, one-on-one therapy session every month where you can relate to me all the trials and tribulations you go through in your day-to-day life. As a programming polyglot, I understand the woes that come with every language. In this tier I'll allow you to share your problems with me. I will willingly burden myself with your issues so that you may rise like the phoenix from your grief, becoming a beautiful open source developer once again.