The Future of Improved Initiative (Patreon)

First, don't panic: Improved Initiative isn't going anywhere.

I'm excited to share some personal news with all of you. At the end of August, my wife and I are expecting to welcome a new baby to our family. As in, a literal human baby. As you might imagine, this sort of project is going to take up almost all of my spare time, and I still have a full-time job to tend to in the meantime.

For at least the next few months, I'll be taking a step back from Improved Initiative. This mainly means that new feature work will slow down. I'll still be responsible for keeping the official website up and running, fixing bugs, and tending to PRs on GitHub. I'm planning to release a 1.8 version in August, and take a break after that.

The good news is, Improved Initiative has always been an open source project, and this means that the community can help to add features to the app. It's easy for new contributors to submit a pull request once the codebase is changing less rapidly, and I can definitely make time to review code. Did I mention that our GitHub contributors can get Epic Initiative benefits?

If you feel like this is a change to the fundamental reason that you are pledging, I understand. Patreon is traditionally a platform for content creators to be rewarded for regular, ongoing output. Your pledge will still go towards keeping the official servers online, as running a webapp ad-free can actually get pretty expensive. Either way, I understand if you'd like to end your pledge.

Thanks for all of your support, as always!

Warm Regards

Evan Bailey

Update 8/31: 

As you may have guessed from my radio silence, our new family member arrived about a week ago! Mom, baby and I are doing very well. As expected, caring for the newborn is basically a full time job, so work on the app is on hold for now. I have a 1.8 release about ready to ship, but I don't want to risk breaking anything in the app while I have other priorities. Stay tuned for more, likely in a few weeks. Thanks again for your ongoing support and patience.

-Evan