The fact is, times have changed, and proposals seeking funding from the DHF deserve a clearer presentation. Not to question the value and merit of this proposal, mind you.
That's fair ! I think I didn't include a cost breakdown due to the fact that it's not a project as much as paying for my salary. So the cost breakdown is literally a one liner.
Right after the last fork and HiveFest, there was talk of creating a single prototype/template for submitting applications to the DHF. It turns out that to date, we haven’t seen it yet
I think overall a lot of those templates that were floating around were never really used because they weren't "enforced" or agreed upon by stakeholders I.E "I won't vote unless you fill this template". And I don't think they ever will unless it's a value plan situation where a council/an individual decides on where to allocate money. On the broader proposal system there's plenty of different voices and no unified voting (which is a good thing)
I am of the opinion that it's better to let people make their case however they think is best and let stakeholders ask followup questions (like you're doing!)
The detailed budget is rather simple and the majority of it is taken by my own salary, all the other costs (hardware, servers etc) are from my pocket:
Monthly:
Claude pro max 20x => 200$
Full time contract work: 55$/hour, 8h / day => 8800$
In terms of cost justification, I'd argue that this is more than a fair hourly rate for a senior software engineer contractor in NA. And the 200$ claude subscription basically pays itself ten times over, I expect this to rise over the year as Anthropic stop subsidizing demand but I'll just shoulder the cost.
^FYI: Senior Developers can charge up to $300/hr. 55$ is a bargain for Howo.
I'm happy that you're here Howo. Given the public track-record and loyal service of 6+ (or more?) years now.
Thank you !
So you are working 8h a day for 20 days a month exclusively for hive?
Yes. Hive's my only source of revenue and job.
@howo, thank you very much for your feedback.
I’m sorry to disagree. It would be wonderful if future applications for European funding worked that way. But that’s not how it works. It is the applicant asking for the money who must explain how they intend to use it and justify their request. It is not the review and evaluation panel’s job to ask those questions. It is a basic rule that this information must be included in the application.
In fact, the applications I’m referring to are submitted via online platforms. They don’t move forward, nor are they accepted, if all the required fields haven’t been filled out. In the interest of rigor, whether in centralized or decentralized environments, there are items that must be included—and they are not being requested by the evaluators. That’s my opinion, based on my experience submitting applications for funding. Not at HIVE, mind you.
Some people don’t like asking “uncomfortable” questions. And those who do ask them sometimes do so in a tense tone.
As for the budget, it’s perfectly justified—given the country where he works. That’s just Claude’s price.
Proposal approved ✅
I wish you continued success in your work.
No I get it but that can't work on a decentralized system like the DHF
On that part fair enough. And if you create an anon account to ask then it becomes easy for the proposal owner to ignore them