In 2021 I started keeping track of ā€œthank youā€ emails and donations that I received for my open source software. This page is a compilation of that feedback. Itā€™s a nice place I can turn to when Iā€™m not feeling motivated, or when I need a pick-me-up.

Donations and thank you emails from the community

2024-10-24

Email from Valentin for Path Length Checker app.

Hi,

Thank you very much for making path length checker. I have been looking for a way to check the path lengths on my computer and it has been a life saver!

Best regards,

Valentin

2024-10-14

$10.00 USD from Gilbert Sanchez for my blog.

ā€œItā€™s one poutine Michael. What could it cost, 10 dollars?ā€

2024-08-19

$15.00 USD from James Lennon for Path Length Checker app.

Path Length Checker came in very handy recently. Thanks!

2024-07-13

$5.00/month USD GitHub Sponsorship from @StartAutomating (James Brundage) for my open-source software and blog content.

2024-06-02

$2.00 USD for NotifyWhenMicrosoftOutlookReminderWindowIsOpen App from Ilan Elron.

2024-06-02 Again

$2.00 USD from Pieter Spruit for my blog.

2023-11-03

Thank you email from Ilona Chodnicka for my Windows Scheduled Tasks Azure DevOps Extension šŸ˜Š

Hello Daniel

I used your Windows scheduled tasks extension for Azure DevOps at Capstone Logistics in the US, way back when, and I liked it very much.

Iā€™m about to use it again at Cymax - we are in Vancouver, Canada. Iā€™m very happy that itā€™s actively maintained.

My manager is definitely intrigued as currently all of our scheduled tasks are set up by hand.

Iā€™m looking forward to setting it all up for us via a pipeline and I thank you (again) for your great work.

Ilona Chodnicka (she/her)

2023-08-21

$5.00 USD from Curtis Seegobin for Path Length Checker app.

2023-08-04

$5.00 USD from James Prichard for Path Length Checker app.

Thanks, Daniel! Used it to see if I had any file names over 260 characters before doing my first OneDrive Desktop backup. Found 2 files. Super easy GUI interface. Super fast. Just what I needed.

2023-03-21

$5.00 USD from Josh Jones for my blog posts.

Thanks for the blog. Iā€™m a PowerShell enthusiast (and dabbler in AHK). Iā€™m currently learning C#/dotnet and itā€™s been very helpful :)

2023-02-28

$5.00 USD from Edward Eastman for CloseZoomWindowsAfterJoiningMeeting.

Thank you for the AHK code to close Zoom launch windows.

2022-12-31

$2.00 USD from George Georgevits for Path Length Checker app.

2022-07-24

$2.00 USD from Tim Liepelt for Path Length Checker app.

2022-06-30

$100.00 USD from Shane Spear for Path Length Checker app.

Thank you Daniel for providing this tool! We used it this week to search for a needle in a haystack (300 files out of 9600 needed to be shortened to 255 characters). We appreciate your work.

2022-04-19

Thomas Goddard has sent you $60.41 CAD

Note from Thomas Goddard:

Path Length Checker v1.11.7 - This tool was perfect for what I needed. Thank you!

2022-04-15

Regarding Path Length Checker app

Hi Daniel,

Awesome, Stumbled across it will searching for the exact thing that it solves. You saved me hours of banging my head against a wall.

Much appreciated

Best regards

David

2022-03-02

Kevin Finnegan has sent you $10.00 CAD

Note from Kevin Finnegan:

For your work on the Windows Scheduled Tasks Azure DevOps Extension. Proven very useful for our team.

2022-01-30

$10.00 USD for NotifyWhenMicrosoftOutlookReminderWindowIsOpen App from Robert Garlough.

2022-01-12

Cristian D Suarez Huertas has sent you $12.06 CAD

Note from Cristian D Suarez Huertas:

thank you Invoke-MsBuild is very useful

2021-12-23

Jakob Baumann sent you $2.00 USD.

Note from Jakob Baumann:

For MoveFilesIntoDateDirectories

2021-12-01

Dan,

Just to say thanks ā€“ what an excellent tool your Path Length Checker is. We are, at long last, starting to sort out our extensive collection of digital images and the Checker is most helpful!

Kind regards,

Mike

2021-10-21

Mario Bianchetti has sent you $27.68 CAD

Note from Mario Bianchetti:

Good boy You made a really useful program

2021-09-17

Hi Daniel,

As a notorious ā€˜meeting misserā€™ due to not paying enough attention to my calendar and missing notifications from Outlook itself (cause they were not enough ā€˜in my faceā€™) I just wanted to say a big thank you for creating the ā€œNotify When Microsoft Outlook Reminder Window Is Openā€. Its really the type of reminder I need to be sure I donā€™t miss the next meeting :) I donated you a ā€˜toonieā€™, so enjoy your next coffee, itā€™s on me ;)

Regards, Erik

$2.00 USD for NotifyWhenMicrosoftOutlookReminderWindowIsOpen App from Erik Mulder.

2021-07-15

eva whitney sent you $5.00 USD.

2021-05-17

Hi Daniel,

I think I may have already emailed you about this.

Just want to thank you so much for creating and sharing your Path Length Checker app. It is making my life so much easier and Iā€™m very grateful for it.

Hope you are doing well.

Wishing you all the best!

Prayers for wellness and safety and much happiness and success for you and your loved ones.

David Noll

2021-04-25

Jill Kolodin sent you $11.96 CAD.

Note from Jill Kolodin:

PathLengthChecker GUI and Powershell worked great for me. Thank you.

2021-02-23

John-Paul Caldwell sent you $5.00 CAD.

2021-02-08

Sergejs Luckinskis sent you $5.00 USD.

Note from Sergejs Luckinskis:

Pathfinder rules!

2021-02-03

Dear Daniel,

A quick email to say thank you so much for your Path Length Checker. Iā€™m grateful for your sharing it and it is a big help in my efforts to copy files from my laptop to USB drives.

Wishing you all the best!

Prayers for wellness and safety for you and your loved ones.

David Noll

2021-01-12

Hi Daniel! I came across your blog post about saving object data to a binary file in c# while I was searching for an easy way to properly save instances of objects in c# for a MonoGame project Iā€™ve been working on for a while, and itā€™s been incredibly helpful! I just wanted to send out a thank you for putting that tool out there!

Much love from PEI, Canada,

Dā€™Anyil (Yes, pronounced the same as your name!)

2020-12-03

Joshua Huggins sent you $10.00 USD.