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[–] hellofriend@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Can someone give me a rundown on why the projects being funded are significant?

[–] kitnaht@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It allows programmers to be paid to work full time instead of just for free in their spare time.

[–] hellofriend@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I probably could have phrased that better. Why are the projects that are being funded significant? Apologies.

[–] anzo@programming.dev 1 points 1 month ago

I believe they're providing cloud compute infrastructure to compile packages that they probably use in their steam decks... But that's half-guessing after having the same question popping up in my head..