TODEPOND TIMES: Total todepond
Wow! Hello again. I've got some exciting news to share: I'm leaving my full-time job at tldraw (which I will dearly miss) to move into freelancing.
It'll be a busy start to 2026 for me as I'll be prototyping contributor tools at Wikipedia (which I'm very excited about). But in the long run, I'll be able to be more flexible with my time, and maybe I'll actually be able to put out a video again! The current estimation for the next episode is still the year 2099 but I'm looking forward to bringing that number down.
Of course, throughout the years, my work has evolved quite a bit beyond only the videos. I'm now also giving talks, writing papers, and breaking eardrums. Thank you so much for supporting all of that, throughout all of this time.
By the way, I've changed the tiers on my Patreon page. There are now only two! If you're an original Froggy or Flappy or Beepy hero, you can keep that tier forever. Congratulations. You win.
If you want to pay a different amount, feel free to to use Liberapay instead. Or just wire me directly each month. I won't check! It doesn't matter! All of my supporter-exclusive stuff will now be trustware, meaning I'll trust you to pay without checking. No DRM. No paywalls. Only tode. This might backfire massively.
By the way, I'm aware that my pond of fame tool has been broken for a while. I'll be fixing and relaunching that soon. Thank you for your patience!
In the meantime, go spin some dogs.
Peace
Lu
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Comments (6)
Congrats, switched to liberapay!
WIKIPEDIA? ur so cool
I went through a period of unemployment where I had to tighten up my patreon donations and I honestly didn't resonate quite so much with your non-video content (mostly because I don't listen to podcasts or talks almost ever) so I ultimately cut back heavily here (sorry) Now Patreon is enshitifying itself and I learned they take 30% (20%? either way, too much) I'm opting to support creators directly whenever possible so I'm glad to see some alternatives! I hope Liberapay takes less than Patreon since I know I'll forget to manually use Stripe every month I'm so glad you'll be supporting Wikipedia! I look forward to the year 2099 and hope the freelancing works out for you <3
Thanks for your continued support Patrick :) Patreon is nice for convenience, but Liberapay doesn't take anything so you're welcome to use that if it's important to you <3
Trustware is based af! WinRAR is goated for it
I used WinRAR for probably 15 years before realizing I can afford the absurdly cheap price of $30 for life :D
