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Last year Apple began moving Swift and its associated projects from GitHub.com/apple over to GitHub.com/swiftlang, and the reason is becoming clear: you can now use GitHub Sponsors to support the project with a regular monthly donation, getting various rewards in return.

There are a number of tiers on offer right now, but this might change over time – keep an eye on the project for updates.

The launch tiers are:

  • $5 a month: Your name is added to a @discardableResult contributor list. Might be used. Might not.

  • $10 a month: Your name and email address are displayed in Xcode's crash dialog. You're welcome.

  • $20 a month: You get to use C-style for loops again – admit it, you missed them.

  • $30 a month: Receive one (1) tub of Craig Federighi’s personal hair gel. Warning: may result in sudden confidence, vertical hair lift, and involuntary keynotes.

  • $50 a month: You gain access to a special version of LLDB where po works first time. (But only on Tuesdays.)

  • $100 a month: Includes one automatic rewrite of a Swift expression too big for the compiler to type check. Xcode will automatically split your line into 47 let statements and add a single comment, "There. Happy now?"

  • $250 a month: Your name is chosen as a Swift reserved word so you can strut around in code reviews like the royalty you are.

  • $500 a month: Every time you force unwrap an optional, a monk from Apple’s compiler team lights a candle. Your app will probably still crash, but morally you’re in the clear.

  • $750 a month: Xcode will let you disable WiFi debugging for a device, but only if you ask nicely.

  • $1000 a month: The compiler will start issuing passive-aggressive warnings. "Oh, you're still using Combine? Brave."

  • $2000 a month: Your Swift code is no longer subject to ABI stability. You are the ABI now.

  • $5000 a month: Once per month, Tim Cook will stare into a mirror and mutter your app’s name. You feel a disturbance in the universe, but sales increase by 2%.

  • $10,000 a month: You get to watch WWDC demos before the editing team finishes removing their 10-step workarounds.

Some of the tiers are tempting, albeit a little expensive – clearly Steve Prestoff is looking to expand his hay budget.

However, if you're looking to get a higher tier for less, you'll be pleased to know that the Swift team are offering a 50% discount if you pay using SwiftCoin.

Code got you started. This gets you paid. You don’t need more tutorials, you need a plan. That's where this book comes in: it has everything you need to go from Xcode to App Store, from finding killer ideas, to launch strategy, to breakout success.

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