Become a sponsor to PatrickJS
PatrickJS
I'm Patrick Stapleton, also known as PatrickJS (the JS represents my initials but also JavaScript). I have been actively involved in open-source contributions on Github since the start of my programming journey. With Github Sponsors, I am starting a new chapter in sharing my experiences and growth. Here's a timeline of my open-source career:
Early on, I made a significant impact by helping other developers get involved in open-source contributions by walking them through their first contribution (which involved updating copyright years). In a single year, I made over 500 contributions just by updating copyright years, allowing me to learn the review processes of popular open-source repositories. In the early days of my open-source journey, I focused on filling in the gaps in the JavaScript community by building missing packages and making contributions easier and more accessible to developers.
Next, I turned my attention to learning about frontend application structure and code organization by building starter repos and sharing my thoughts on code organization. I believe that it's crucial for software engineers to have the programming skills to quickly start new projects, which is why I focused on this. My background in building Ruby on Rails apps taught me the value of using conventions to increase productivity. I also contributed to the development of 3rd party service integrations with Angular.js and spent time building glue code.
With my growing confidence in open-source development, I wanted to create something more substantial, which led me to develop Angular Universal. Working on bleeding-edge technologies meant that there were often no docs and I had to reverse engineer code to understand how everything worked. During this time, I collaborated with Sean Larkin on Webpack 2 and helped the Angular 2 community grow with Rob Wormald and the Angular team. Being heavily invested in open-source software led to burnout, so I had to find ways to quickly fund my contributions.
To fund my open-source work, I first tried teaching and education, which eventually led to consulting and even starting a startup (which was part of Y Combinator's Winter 2018 cohort). All of these experiences allowed me to delve into what I call "Open Source Marketing," which involved a variety of Github hacks (not just copyright year updates).
At present, I plan on helping to shape the direction of new bleeding-edge JavaScript projects. I want to share these projects with you and get your feedback before their official release.
By sponsoring me, you are supporting my future contributions and my open-source journey.
Featured work
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PatrickJS/PatrickJS-starter
MFE Starter
JavaScript 10,326 -
PatrickJS/awesome-angular
📄 A curated list of awesome Angular resources
HTML 9,548 -
PatrickJS/angular-hmr
🔥 Angular Hot Module Replacement for Hot Module Reloading
TypeScript 507 -
qwikifiers/qwik-ui
Qwik's Headless and styled component library
TypeScript 640 -
QwikDev/qwik
Instant-loading web apps, without effort
TypeScript 20,905 -
valkey-io/valkey
A flexible distributed key-value datastore that is optimized for caching and other realtime workloads.
C 17,838
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SelectOSS Contributor:
Simplest way to support any of my OSS efforts and you'll get a badge on your profile
$5 a month
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I can also give advice on your open-source journey and you can email me anytime to talk about anything open-source related.
$10 a month
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Chat directly with me about anything: general programming issues, high level architecture, and advice about any open-source or closed-source software
$1,000 a month
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Get video call support on any issue that you might run into in your projects with advice on how I would fix the problem or working the problem out with you
$10,000 a month
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I will help you with anything related to open-source either marketing with OSS, current issues in your codebase, or any advice. Anything you need from me just let me know and I'll response within 5 mins.