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StratosFund - Fund open source projects in the Atmosphere
stratosfund.atApr 20, 2026 at 4:30 PM
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Funding for open source projects in the Atmosphere! Help bring your most requested features to life! stratosfund.at
StratosFund - Fund open source projects in the Atmosphere
A unique funding model for open source projects in the Atmosphere. Help your favoirite projects bring your most requested features to life.

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blog.railway.comHere's the updated "Funding Models Are Not Binary" slide from my Feature/Product/Business talk #ATmosphereConf. Turns out there are even more great examples already in the Atmosphere!
My takeaway from Atmosphere: it needs to be WAY easier for builders to get paid So I built at.fund at.fund detects the tools you use, and tells you how to fund the builders who make those tools. And if you're a builder, it takes seconds to add records to that tell your users how to fund you 👍
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