How to Claim the 'Lottery Ticket' of Open Source—Starting from thanks.dev's Operational Mechanism

xianpeng.shen@gmail.com (Xianpeng Shen) — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

In the previous article, I wrote about receiving a donation from Canonical, and a reader asked: How did you get selected?

At first, I didn’t fully understand it either. Later, after carefully studying thanks.dev’s operational mechanism, I finally figured out the underlying logic of the whole thing—and what kind of projects are more likely to be funded by downstream vendors.

Thanks to Canonical’s Generous Donation—badgepy Continues as Free and Open Source

xianpeng.shen@gmail.com (Xianpeng Shen) — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Today, I unexpectedly discovered that Canonical has been donating to me via thanks.dev for four consecutive months to support the development of badgepy. Although the amount is small, this feedback means a lot to me. It made me realize that sometimes, if we just keep doing the right thing without worrying too much about rewards, the results might come back to us in a warm and unexpected way, from a place we never anticipated.

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How to Claim the 'Lottery Ticket' of Open Source—Starting from thanks.dev's Operational Mechanism

Thanks to Canonical’s Generous Donation—badgepy Continues as Free and Open Source