NLNet application for UOI Call August 2021- Budget Details¶
Alternative Possible Budgets¶
We have an (effectively) fixed cost of approximately €3152 (estimated; see #Infrastructure Costs) for infrastructure critical to project management and development of Hachette and Hydrilla, as well as wages of €653/month for two full-time developers.
Longer work means the ability to deliver a more featureful product.
| Months allocated |
Budget |
| 4 |
€8376 |
| 6 |
€10988 |
| 8 |
€13600 |
| 10 |
€16212 |
| 12 |
€18824 |
| 16 |
€24048 |
| 20 |
€29272 |
Infrastructure Costs¶
The following are estimates, and may vary depending on applicability of VAT and exact choices of provider, as well as changes to exact project needs.
- Domain Name, another 2 years (€ ~26)
- SSL Cert, 3 years (€ ~534)
- Hosting for VCS, Project management software, website and script repo, 3 years (€ ~2592)
Developer Tasks¶
Project management work will also be a minor, yet important, use of time.
Social/Non-Development¶
- Understanding what features users most want from Hachette
- Writing documentation for users for Hachette and Hydrilla
- Determining effective methods to automatically aggregate already-available free JavaScript used on websites
- Studying what sites should be prioritized for fixing to deliver maximum impact
- Ensuring accessibility of Hachette and Hydrilla for potentially underrepresented demographics
- Distribution of Hachette in extension stores (as long as freedom and access concerns allow)
- Distribution of Hachette and Hydrilla in GNU/Linux package managers
- Setting up and moderating the Hydrilla repository
- Developing and writing policies for packages, packagers and (if adopted) auditors
Technical/Development¶
- Design and development of Hachette and Hydrilla (available under the GPLv3)
- Writing developer documentation for Hachette and Hydrilla
- Implementing accessibility of Hachette and Hydrilla for potentially underrepresented demographics
- Writing and performing rigorous testing of Hachette and Hydrilla
- Configuring a comprehensive automatic build and publishing process for Hachette and Hydrilla
- Support for MV3 in Hachette
- Creating and porting independent fixes and enhancements for some websites
- Security vetting on Hydrilla