☼ The 'Say Thanks' Project

Spreading Thankfulness in Open Source™

saythanks.io will provide a button/link for use by open source projects, to encourage users to send a simple thank you note to the creator (or creators) of that project.

This simple button/link can be added to READMEs and project documentation.

The author can then enjoy a nice inbox (ideally) filled with very small, thoughtful messages from the happy users of the software they enjoy to toil over.

Implementation Concepts

☤ The Basics

• Email when a new message of thankfulness is submitted (csrf enabled).
• Inbox page for each user/project with simple aggregation of messages (private).

☤ The Architecture

• Flask for API and Frontend, single application
• Auth0 for credential storage (done, Auth2 in progress)
• Heroku for Hosting (done!)
  • now hosted at KGiSL
• CloudFlare for SSL termination (done!)
• GitHub account creation, as well as password-less email accounts

Intended Collaborators

• Erin "The X" O'Connell (Python)
• Tom "The Pythonist" Baker (Javascript)
• Tom "Sea of Clouds" Matthews (Logo and Graphic Design)
• Kenneth "Your Name Here Instead, Idan?" Reitz (Frontend Design)

Random Inspirational Links

• Say Thanks for Package Control
• Random 'Thanks' Issue on GH

Initial Setup for Development

• Refer to docs