..which is a real shame, as there are very talented people working on public goods who don't have that "hustle" and could do with the support.

Open source / Free software has been valued over $400 billion, and supports our entire economy, funding developers shouldn't be a problem.

Open source / Free software is a public goods issue, and we should be looking for the best ways to support them.

Quadratic funding could be a useful mechanism for this:

https://wtfisqf.com/

Great if you're an extroverted narcissist, but that only represents (a small) part of the software development world.