A few people have now voluntarily paid for a free tool. That one caught me off guard.
Xyntaro Audio SFX Generator is free, always will be — I built it because I wanted something like it to exist and figured other devs might too. I didn't build it expecting tips.
But every now and then someone drops one anyway, and as a solo dev you rarely get clear signals that your work actually lands. A tip from a fellow dev who had no reason to pay is a pretty loud one.
To those of you who did: you know who you are. You didn't have to, and that's exactly why it means something. Thank you! It goes straight back into the next weird little tool.