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Support My Work

Support My Work

Ways you can support my work and help keep independent creation and open-source development alive. If you’ve benefited from my themes, tools, or writing and want to help keep it going, here are several ways to provide support.

The Toonie Club

The Toonie Club is my approach to creative support: one simple tier, full access for everyone. Named after the Canadian two-dollar coin, it’s $2 CAD per month (or pay whatever you want)—no expensive gated content, no confusing tier benefits, no FOMO. Just simple, sustainable support for my writing and free coding projects. Read more about it at brennan.day/toonie-club.

Financial Support

  • Ko-fi: Join the Toonie Club or leave a one-time tip (0-5% fees, instant payouts) — recommended
  • GitHub Sponsors: Support my open-source development directly (0% fees, monthly payouts)
  • Patreon: Toonie Club membership, $2 CAD/month—same single tier as everywhere else

Non-Monetary Support (Free & Invaluable!)

Not everyone can contribute financially, and that’s perfectly okay. Your time and engagement are just as valuable as financial support. Here are meaningful ways to help that don’t cost money:

1. Share My Work

  • Share my articles and essays on social media (Mastodon, Bluesky, LinkedIn)
  • Recommend my themes and tools to friends, colleagues, or your dev community
  • Link to my projects from your blog, portfolio, or documentation
  • Write about your experience using my tools

2. Star or Contribute

For the technically-inclined:

  • Star one of my repositories on GitHub
  • Open issues for bugs or feature requests
  • Submit pull requests to improve my projects
  • Help with documentation by correcting typos or adding examples
  • Fork and experiment with my themes and tools

3. Refer Clients

Help my web development business, Berry House:

  • Introduce me to nonprofits, collectives, or indie creators
  • Recommend my services to organizations needing JAMstack development or content strategy
  • Connect me with projects aligned with my values
  • Book a consultation if it’s you who needs the work done

4. Join the Community

  • Join Write Club if you’re in Calgary
  • Subscribe via RSS to brennan.day
  • Follow me on social platforms (Bluesky, Mastodon, LinkedIn)

5. Collaborate

  • Invite me to guest post on your blog
  • Ask me to appear on your podcast
  • Propose joint projects or collaborations
  • I’d love to give shout-outs to cool projects you’re working on

6. Speaking Opportunities

I’m available for talks on:

  • The IndieWeb and decentralized web technologies
  • Indigenous issues in tech
  • The craft of writing
  • Independent creator economics and open-source development

(Virtual talks preferred, but open to Calgary-based in-person events)

7. Feedback & Engagement

  • Comment and engage with my blog posts
  • Email me with thoughts or criticism
  • Suggest ideas for future content or tutorial topics
  • Leave reviews on Amazon for my published books

8. Stay Connected

  • Subscribe via RSS to brennan.day
  • Follow me on social platforms

Why Support Matters

When you support independent creators, you’re:

  • Building an internet that doesn’t rely on surveillance capitalism
  • Valuing quality over quarterly earnings
  • Helping small creators compete with big tech platforms
  • Supporting free and open-source software that developers worldwide rely on
  • Participating in an economy of care and connection

Every share, star, comment, or contribution helps create a sustainable alternative to the enshittifying platforms that dominate our digital lives.

Thank you for your support, no matter what it looks like!