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I received first donation on my open-source side project and it felt great 😍

I made a plugin for VS Code a while back (3 yrs) for my own use. Other people started using it so I recently decided to put a donate button in plugin description and see what happens. And guess what somebody just donated 5$.
I know I know it's not a big amount but somebody put an effort to make that transaction means a lot to me.

This is the plugin I'm talking about. It adds toolbar buttons to VSCode: https://github.com/GorvGoyl/Shortcut-Menu-Bar-VSCode-Extension

You can read the updated version on my blog https://gourav.io/blog/first-donation-on-open-source-side-project

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    I know it's not a big amount but somebody put an effort to make that transaction means a lot to me.

    Right?! I know the feeling. 😄

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      feels wonderful :)

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    Congratulations! I have yet to receive any! :(

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      it'll be a matter of time, lately people have actually started supporting open-source work :)

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