Requesting Funding for 90s.dev

I'm going to make an exception in this case and turn off the flags. We can't (and don't) do this often, so please don't anyone interpret this as a precedent.

Re: Requesting Funding for 90s.dev

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Post by 90s_dev » Mon, Jul 28, 2025, 6:58 PM UTC

Short version: I want to work on 90s.dev, but have no time to. I could do it for $25/hour, using GitHub Sponsors as a way for everyone to chip in a little towards its development. Just an idea.

The vision of 90s.dev is to be a retro os environment entirely in the web, that's suitable for making all the apps you'd need to make a game, from code editors to sprite editors to animation tools to debuggers. And it's decentralized too, so the apps don't have to be built in, you can import them from anywhere on the web, as long as the app speaks the 90s.dev API. This would recreate a retro development environment similar to what many of us grew up with in the 90s.

Re: Requesting Funding for 90s.dev

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Jul 28, 2025, 7:02 PM UTC

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Re: Requesting Funding for 90s.dev

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Post by _mlbt » Mon, Jul 28, 2025, 7:03 PM UTC

90s_dev wrote: post #7

Short version: I want to work on 90s.dev, but have no time to. I could do it for $25/hour, using GitHub Sponsors as a way for everyone to chip in a little towards its development. Just an idea. The vision of 90s.dev is to be a retro os environment entirely in the web, that's suitable for making all the apps you'd need to make a game, from code editors to sprite editors to animation tools to debuggers. And it's decent…

Please take this as some unsolicited friendly advice, but I don't think you'll be able to live off this project with that funding model. GitHub sponsors is more like a tip jar than a paycheck.

This project is rather niche and your description of it is somewhat confusing. Maybe you could use the open source framework you've created to produce a paid game or app that would be easier to monetize.

Re: Requesting Funding for 90s.dev

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Post by jarebear6expepj » Mon, Jul 28, 2025, 7:04 PM UTC

dang wrote: post #6

90s_dev wrote: post #2

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Mods didn't see it. Users flagged it, because fundraisers and requests for funding are not on topic for Hacker News. I'm going to make an exception in this case and turn off the flags. We can't (and don't) do this often, so please don't anyone interpret this as a precedent.

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