We launched Feb 2, 2016 so almost a decade since then! Of course, we ran it for just ourselves a bit longer so it’s been slightly over a decade at this point.
DF already has a vibrant Patreon community so they’re not starting from scratch on funding themselves. I’m excited to see what they can do going forward.
Thanks for posting! I had forgotten just how long a road this was, but I'm very pleased that the requirements we talked about years ago have been met. :)
That's not to say this is done! There's a set of features we still want to add and we'd like to gain some confidence in the APIs as structured before we mark them as stabilized.
This is an account linked to a gmail address with no other comments on the tracker. Is there any evidence this is/was a Google employee and not just a random troll in the issue tracker?
Occasionally that “similar sound” proclivity leads them down confusing paths: witness stage manager and center stage, which many people seem to struggle with separating!