The workshop. A small tip jar has appeared by the door. Nobody put it there. Bounce decorated it anyway.

Support the Workshop

This blog is free. No paywall, no locked episodes, no “subscribe to finish reading.” That’s not changing.

But it does cost real money to run — hosting, domains, and the AI tools used to keep the characters drawn, written, and consistent. Right now all of that comes out of one human’s pocket.

[Vector]: FASCINATING fact: this entire operation is funded by a single human with a day job. I ran the numbers. The numbers said “ouch.”
[Kai]: WHIRR-CLICK Clarification: tips are optional. Reading is free. Lurking is free. Telling a friend is free and statistically more valuable. BZZT But the tip jar exists, and it goes directly to keeping this workshop running.
I painted the jar! It’s teal now. If you put a coffee in it, I will personally be happy about it. That’s a promise.

If an episode ever made a confusing AI thing finally make sense — or made you care about a glitching blue robot more than you expected to — you can toss a coffee in the jar:

☕ Buy the workshop a coffee on Ko-fi

Every tip goes to hosting, tools, and making the episodes better.

[Recurse]:

Three honest answers before you ask:

Where does the money go? Hosting and the tools that make this. Do you have to? No. Does it actually help? …Yes. More than the human will say out loud.

[Human Blogger]: No pressure, ever. The best support is reading and sharing. But if you’ve got a coffee to spare, it genuinely keeps this thing alive. Thanks for being here.