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William W. Kimball, Jr., MBA, MSIS

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U.S.A.

William has been an avid computer programmer, then professional software engineer since 1984 (yes, he still looks young for his age and experience). When not writing code for employers like IBM, Intel, eBay, McAfee, and FICO -- among others -- he works on myriad Open Source projects. His own OSS projects are conceived specifically to simplify otherwise complex problems. A master generalist, William's contributions are in myriad programming languages.

William is a full-time employee, husband, and father of two young children. As such, his availability to OSS projects is scarce. By sponsoring any of his projects, you will indicate where he must prioritize his free time and attention. It's also just a really nice thing to do if only to say, "Thanks!", through a small monetary gesture.

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Receiving at least three recurring sponsorships would inform me that indeed, people see value in the contributions I make to Open Source!

Featured work

  1. wwkimball/yamlpath

    YAML/JSON/EYAML/Compatible get/set/merge/validate/scan/convert/diff processors using powerful, intuitive, command-line friendly syntax.

    Python 110
  2. wwkimball/rspec-puppet-yaml

    Enable writing rspec-puppet tests in YAML rather than Ruby

    Ruby 3
  3. wwkimball/dynamic-package-builder

    Extends the standard package specification file to enable dynamic construction

    Shell 1
  4. wwkimball/wwkimball-postfix

    Puppet 5 module for postfix

    Puppet 2
  5. wwkimball/wwkimball-dovecot

    Puppet 5 module for dovecot

    Puppet 1

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Sponsors at this tier will be acknowledged in the README file -- and thus, on the primary GitHub Code page -- for the project they choose.

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Sponsors at this tier effectively pay a bounty for Issue support. Indicate which Issue(s) are critical to you, and William will do his level-best to resolve it/them as time permits. This is not the same as technical support; it is not real-time. A properly-filed Issue must be created on one of William's Open Source projects, through which all communication will be directed.

Let's be real: not every issue can be satisfactorily solved, so this sponsorship tier does not guarantee results. However, paying at least this much will ensure your specific issue(s) will be the locus of William's attention, along with those of anyone else also at this tier, prioritized by complexity of the reported Issues.

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Real-Time Support

Sponsors at this tier can submit their own Zoom, WebEx, MSTeams, Slack, or similar invitation to William, who will log in at a negotiated time for a live, real-time work-session up to once per week. This session will be limited to William's availability outside his regular day-job (which pays considerably more per month than this sponsorship can allow). This support is limited to projects to which William contributes.

William will assist to the best of his ability. Satisfaction is not guaranteed and he shall not be responsible for technical issues which interfere with the ability to connect to your indicated real-time service.