Hello fellow OSS devs! 👋

I'm Kyle, but most of you just know me around the web as getify. Thank you so much for considering supporting my OSS work through Github Sponsors!

What your support means to me...

I love OSS!

How I approach it: I try to start with an empty file in a public repo, and then make frequent commits as I build/develop it. My assumption is that what I make is the worst possible version of it; the only chance I have of making it better is putting it out there so others can help me make it better.

I have over 60 public repos on Github, at least a dozen of them active projects in various states of progress. I have so many ideas of projects that I either want to finish or build, and your support will help me dedicate the time to do that work.

A little about me...

I'm Director of Web Futures, focusing on envisioning and evangelizing the future of the open web, specifically JS. I started writing code nearly 29 years ago, wrote my first JS 22 years ago, began focusing exclusively on JS about 16 years ago, and became a full-time JS teacher 8 years ago.

• I'm an author:

  • I helped write the HTML5 Cookbook.
  • Then, I wrote the widely acclaimed book series, You Don't Know JS (@YDKJS).
  • And most recently I wrote Functional-Light JavaScript (@FLJSbook).
  • The YDKJS and FLJS books were all written in the open and can be read for free here on Github. The published books and can also be purchased.
  • Nearly 150k copies of my books have been sold to date. The YDKJS repo also has over 127k stars, the 7th most starred on Github.

• I'm a teacher:

  • I teach public and private-corporate workshops (over 7k people taught) on core JS topics all over the world. Contact Me
  • All my video courses are available on Frontend Masters; well over 700k hours have been watched!

• I'm a speaker:

  • I've given over 200 conference talks in 25 countries on six continents.

Thank You for considering support!

--Kyle