Open Source Sustainability through Ethical Advertisements

May 29, 2018

The CPC Illusion

Cost per Click is not the same as Cost per Visit

When I entered the advertising industry last year, I was determined to follow a simple rule: be honest. The ad industry has always carried a stigma of being dirty and dishonest. That’s why…

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Eric Berry in CodeFund

Jul 9, 2018

CodeFund integrates with Discourse

One of my favorite open source applications over the years has been Discourse. They follow the same SaaS business model as Ghost, Sentry, and Travis CI.

SaaS means Software as a Service. In this model, the codebase itself can remain open…

Eric Berry in CodeFund

Feb 1, 2019

Introducing CodeFund Jobs

Try a more passive approach to hiring engineers

Eric Berry in CodeFund

Sep 11, 2017

Fighting for Open Source Sustainability: Introducing Code Sponsor

tl;dr: Two-thirds of the top OSS…

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Eric Berry in CodeFund

May 14, 2018

CodeFund Weekly

May 14, 2018

CodeFund (formerly Code Sponsor) is an open source advertising platform that provides open source developers the means of funding themselves and their projects. Advertising is arguably the best way to generate funds without needing to shift roles as a…

Eric Berry in CodeFund

Jan 10, 2019

Ad Quality & Time of Day

A look into how display time might impact the effectiveness of ads.

Eric Berry in CodeFund

Feb 18, 2019

Introducing the CodeFund Referral Program

How we choose to grow our double-sided market

Eric Berry in CodeFund

Feb 5, 2018

Code Sponsor Weekly Update (Developer Edition)

February 5, 2018

We are still on target to delivery a working version of Code Sponsor by end of March. Part of being able to accomplish this is by following a pretty rigid pre-determined set of tasks.