Eventually, I'd expect to see something where devs post a particular kind of nostr event with release notes for each build (including a digital signature, so you know it's legit). A particular client could allow you to watch for that message type (not sure if it'd be a dedicated note kind, posted to a specific relay, or just "any post from x npub"). If you see that message, automatically send a zap.

Could function similarly to value-for-value podcasting, except you'd send payments on nostr event trigger (e.g., new release announcement note from verified dev), rather than per-minute. You could still set a configurable number of sats to zap per software/dev, set budgets, etc., but it seems very doable if we standardize on some sort of process. I'm sure people are already working on something like that.