We have decided that we can reimburse active developers for their AI subscriptions: Proposal to change expenses policy: AI subscriptions I hereby propose that I receive a 3-month Claude Code subscription, starting from May 18. Last month, I started paying the subscription (from my own pocket) and i…

+1 to the proposal to reimburse @ByteHamster

After 3 months, the subscription has proven to be immensely helpful. It helped a lot with bug fixing for the new media 3 playback service, especially the tricky bugs around chromecast integration. I estimate it was a >50% productivity boost, so without it, most playback related bugs that beta tester…

After seeing this I decided to make a small donation - money well spent! Based on the cost in relation to the balance I see on the Open Collective site made up of donations from more generous people than I, why not get an annual subscription?

[image] DavidDez: why not get an annual subscription? I don’t want to make an exception for myself. Every regular contributor should be handled the same.

[image] Expense policy tweaks - do you agree? Project management Why not a year if the annual cost is substantially less than renewing every three months? Suggested change to the policy so that it applies to all active developers

[image] DavidDez: Suggested change to the policy so that it applies to all active developers @DavidDez - what is the exact proposal you are suggesting?

[image] ByteHamster: So I’m proposing to sponsor another 3 months of Claude code subscription :slight_smile: I will consider this approved if nobody opposes within 2 weeks, so until August 3. +1 for @ByteHamster to get another 3 months. Opus 5 should help.

Thanks for asking! How about the following suggestion - yes I used an AI to help with the wording! BESTEST David Active developer definition. An “active developer” is someone who has made a contribution to the active codebase in both of the last two releases (whether alpha and/or beta), as evid…

Expense proposal: Claude Code

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Suggested change to the policy so that it applies to all active developers