Pledge

Starting this Easter weekend, I want to express my gratitude to developers and content creators on an ongoing basis.

• Every month for (at least) a year, I will contribute $10 to Swift/iOS developers or content creators of my choice.
• I will try to split the amount between two people each month by leveraging programs like Buy Me a Coffee, Patreon, GitHub sponsorship, or other means.

Please feel free to reach out to me on Twitter (@MarcoEidinger) and give suggestions.

Motivation

This Easter (2022), I flew from California to Germany to visit my mom. I used the time in the airplane to reflect on recent activities in my life.

Not so long ago, I started to contribute to the Swift and iOS community by writing blog posts and sharing my knowledge. Also, I started actively engaging with people on Twitter, and I am really enjoying it. I might not have started this path without the inspiration of amazing developers and content creators from whom I learn daily. Often those people share their time, knowledge, work, and help on the side without any financial support.

I will continuously update this blog post every month to write down my contributions. I hope for two positive effects:

• You might find new developers and content creators from whom you can learn.
• Writing about my contributions keeps me accountable and helps me to follow through every month with my promise :)

Please feel free to reach out to me on Twitter (@MarcoEidinger) and give suggestions.

Contributions

May 2022

• Cihat Gündüz, a.k.a. Jeehut, is the creator of BartyCrouch, AnyLint, active blogger and publisher of Swift Evolution Monthly. He also regularly stream his Open Source work & some toy projects on Twitch!
• Daniel Saidi is the creator of SwiftUIKit and SwiftKit. He also tweets and blogs regulary about interesting topics, e.g. Bringing platform-specific types together in SwiftUI

April 2022

• Khoa is actively blogging, shares tips and tricks on Twitter and open-sources great create apps like PastePalApp
• Krzysztof Zabłocki writes about ideas and interesting algorithms at merowing.info such as Hot Reloading in Swift. He has been actively open sourcing tools and libraries like Sourcery.

Please feel free to reach out to me on Twitter (@MarcoEidinger) and give suggestions.