{"componentChunkName":"component---src-templates-blog-list-jsx","path":"/blog/4/","result":{"data":{"prismic":{"allFeaturedblogs":{"edges":[{"node":{"featured_blogs_enabled":true,"heading":[{"type":"paragraph","text":"Featured posts","spans":[]}],"featured_blog_1":{"__typename":"PRISMIC_Blog","_linkType":"Link.document","blog_header_image":{"dimensions":{"width":790,"height":395},"alt":null,"copyright":null,"url":"https://images.prismic.io/www-static/6d8d81b1-971a-4313-b033-b4e125cb14a0_MondoDB-blog-header-790x395.PNG?auto=compress,format"},"blog_headline":[{"type":"heading1","text":"Introducing DigitalOcean Managed MongoDB – a fully managed, database as a service for modern apps","spans":[]}],"blog_post_date":"2021-06-29","blog_post_content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":"MongoDB is one of the most popular databases, and it’s ideal for apps that evolve rapidly and need to handle huge volumes of data and traffic. It offers advantages like flexible document schemas, code-native data access, change-friendly design, and easy horizontal scale-out.","spans":[{"start":22,"end":44,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://db-engines.com/en/ranking","target":"_blank"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"However, building and maintaining MongoDB clusters from the ground up can be a huge undertaking. Developers often complain that they have to spend their valuable time and resources on database management. Well, we’ve been listening and have some great news: accessing and managing MongoDB on DigitalOcean just got a lot simpler!","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"We are excited to announce that DigitalOcean Managed MongoDB is now in General Availability. Managed MongoDB is a fully managed, database as a service (DBaaS) offering from DigitalOcean, built in partnership with and certified by MongoDB Inc. It provides you all the technical capabilities that make MongoDB so beloved in the developer community. Together we have ensured that you will get access to all the latest releases of the MongoDB document database as they become available.","spans":[{"start":32,"end":91,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://www.digitalocean.com/products/managed-databases-mongodb/"}},{"start":230,"end":241,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://www.mongodb.com/","target":"_blank"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Managed MongoDB simplifies the MongoDB administration. Developers of all skill levels, even those who do not have prior experience in databases, can spin up MongoDB clusters in just a few minutes. We handle the provisioning, managing, scaling, updates, backups, and security of your MongoDB clusters, allowing you to offload the complex, time consuming –yet critical – database administration tasks to us. This empowers you to focus on what really matters: building awesome apps.","spans":[]},{"type":"embed","oembed":{"height":113,"width":200,"embed_url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvHQSV7jnKA","type":"video","version":"1.0","title":"Create a MongoDB Database on DigitalOcean","author_name":"DigitalOcean","author_url":"https://www.youtube.com/c/Digitalocean","provider_name":"YouTube","provider_url":"https://www.youtube.com/","cache_age":null,"thumbnail_url":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NvHQSV7jnKA/hqdefault.jpg","thumbnail_width":480,"thumbnail_height":360,"html":""}},{"type":"heading2","text":"Benefits of Managed MongoDB","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"","spans":[]},{"type":"list-item","text":"Easy set up and maintenance: We create the database clusters for you. Simply choose the cluster configuration (e.g., memory, disk size, number of nodes, etc.), and the data center in which you want to host the database. Follow a few simple steps and your database cluster will be up and running in a matter of minutes. You can spin up clusters using the cloud control panel, CLI, or API.\n\n","spans":[{"start":0,"end":28,"type":"strong"}]},{"type":"list-item","text":"Automatic daily backups with point in time recovery: Data is one of the most important assets of an app, so it’s critical to backup your database. We take backups of your entire clusters automatically on a daily basis, for free. We also provide a point in time recovery for 7 days, that way if things go wrong due to human error, machine error, or some combination of both, you can easily restore the database as it was at any point in the previous 7 days. \n\n","spans":[{"start":0,"end":52,"type":"strong"}]},{"type":"list-item","text":"Automatic updates and access to latest MongoDB releases: You get access to MongoDB 4.4. This is the latest release of MongoDB and comes packed with numerous enhancements like hedged reads, rust, and swift drivers. Since we have developed Managed MongoDB in partnership with MongoDB Inc, you will always get access to new releases as they become available. With Managed MongoDB, the updates happen automatically. Just select a date and time for the updates and we take care of the rest. This makes it easy to stay up to date with MongoDB releases without disrupting your business.\n\n","spans":[{"start":0,"end":56,"type":"strong"},{"start":148,"end":169,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://www.mongodb.com/new","target":"_blank"}}]},{"type":"list-item","text":"High availability with automated failover: If your database goes down, it can take down the entire app, leading to bad customer experiences. With Managed MongoDB, you can easily minimize the downtime for your database and make it highly available with standby nodes. Standby nodes add redundancy, so if for example the primary node fails, the standby node is immediately promoted to primary and begins serving requests while we provision a replacement standby node in the background.\n\n","spans":[{"start":0,"end":42,"type":"strong"}]},{"type":"list-item","text":"Scale up easily to handle traffic spikes: As your app gains traction and the usage grows, it’s important to have a database that can keep up with the increased demand. With Managed MongoDB, you can easily scale up the size of database nodes when needed.\n\n","spans":[{"start":0,"end":41,"type":"strong"}]},{"type":"list-item","text":"Secure by default: Since data is critical, it also needs to be secure. We encrypt data at rest with LUKS and in transit with SSL. When you create a new cluster, it’s placed in a VPC network by default that provides a more secure connection between resources. 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Such users would rather offload the tedious database administration and focus their limited time and energy on building and enhancing their apps. ","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"With this in mind, we introduced Managed Databases a couple of years ago and are excited to add Managed MongoDB to our portfolio. With this release, DigitalOcean Managed Databases now supports the following engines:","spans":[{"start":33,"end":50,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://www.digitalocean.com/products/managed-databases/"}}]},{"type":"image","url":"https://images.prismic.io/www-static/87745cc1-1c5f-4463-b104-104b7fc30dc7_managed-databases-logos.png?auto=compress,format","alt":null,"copyright":null,"dimensions":{"width":849,"height":104}},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Managed MongoDB launch comes on the heels of DigitalOcean App Platform, a modern, reimagined PaaS (Platform as a Service) that we released a few months ago. App Platform makes it very easy to build, deploy, and scale apps and static sites. You can deploy code by simply pointing to your GitHub and GitLab repos, and App Platform will do all the heavy lifting of managing infrastructure, app runtimes, and dependencies. App Platform, along with Managed Databases, helps fulfill DigitalOcean’s mission by empowering developers, startups, and SMBs to focus more on their apps, and less on the underlying infrastructure and databases.","spans":[{"start":45,"end":70,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://www.digitalocean.com/products/app-platform/"}}]},{"type":"heading2","text":"How Managed MongoDB works","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"DigitalOcean provides you with various compute options to build your apps like:","spans":[]},{"type":"list-item","text":"Droplets: On-demand, Linux virtual machines suitable for production business applications and personal passion projects.","spans":[{"start":0,"end":8,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://www.digitalocean.com/products/droplets/"}}]},{"type":"list-item","text":"DigitalOcean Kubernetes: Managed Kubernetes with automatic scaling, upgrades, and a free control plane.","spans":[{"start":0,"end":23,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://www.digitalocean.com/products/kubernetes/"}}]},{"type":"list-item","text":"DigitalOcean App Platform: A fully managed Platform as a Service.","spans":[{"start":0,"end":25,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://www.digitalocean.com/products/app-platform/"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"No matter which compute option you choose to build your apps, you can easily add Managed MongoDB to it. 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His keynote will be followed by sessions from community members, engineers, customers, and other experts that are building technologies and businesses powered by the cloud. With live Q&A and an active Discord server, there’s ample opportunity to engage and learn something new. Click here to attend the deploy conference.","spans":[{"start":14,"end":69,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://deploy.digitalocean.com/agenda/session/552806"}},{"start":347,"end":384,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"http://do.co/deploy-discord"}},{"start":461,"end":489,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"http://do.co/deploy"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"We are also launching a hackathon for DigitalOcean Managed MongoDB. 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Check out the docs and let us know what you think!","spans":[{"start":22,"end":43,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://cloud.digitalocean.com/databases/new?engine=mongodb"}},{"start":59,"end":90,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://github.com/do-community/mongodb-resources","target":"_blank"}},{"start":141,"end":145,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/databases/mongodb/"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"If you’d like to have a conversation about using DigitalOcean and Managed MongoDB in your business, please feel free to contact our sales team.","spans":[{"start":120,"end":142,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://www.digitalocean.com/company/contact/sales/"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Happy coding!","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"André Bearfield","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Director of Product Management","spans":[]}],"tags":[{"tag1":{"__typename":"PRISMIC_Tag","tag":"Product Updates","_linkType":"Link.document","_meta":{"uid":"product-updates"}}}],"author":{"__typename":"PRISMIC_Author","author_name":"André Bearfield","author_image":{"dimensions":{"width":553,"height":547},"alt":"André Bearfield","copyright":null,"url":"https://images.prismic.io/www-static/fdc7c85186f0a850b04083e1d4306bd1c19772e8_andre-bearfield.png?auto=compress,format"},"_meta":{"uid":"andre-bearfield"}},"_meta":{"uid":"introducing-digitalocean-managed-mongodb"}},"featured_blog_2":{"__typename":"PRISMIC_Blog","_linkType":"Link.document","blog_header_image":{"dimensions":{"width":790,"height":400},"alt":"Droplet Console","copyright":null,"url":"https://images.prismic.io/www-static/710499ae-78cc-4179-afc1-15793637b200_DODX3727-790x400-logo-2.jpg?auto=compress,format"},"blog_headline":[{"type":"heading1","text":"Securely connect to Droplets with SSH key pairs using a new Droplet Console","spans":[]}],"blog_post_date":"2021-08-10","blog_post_content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":"The famous author Ken Blanchard once said, “Feedback is the breakfast of champions.\" This is something we truly believe at DigitalOcean, and we always strive to enhance our products based on customer feedback.","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"With this goal in mind, we are excited to introduce a new Droplet Console that will make it much easier to connect to your Droplets securely. 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We feel like we know infrastructure and can handle most of the configuration and management. What we needed from a cloud was not bells and whistles but efficiency and reliability. DigitalOcean provides us a platform to build our apps and then gets out of the way. Just how we like it.” - Achyuth Krishna, Director of Engineering of Whatfix","spans":[{"start":0,"end":7,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://whatfix.com/blog/driving-the-future-now-were-excited-to-announce-our-90-million-series-d-funding/"}},{"start":287,"end":648,"type":"em"}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"We understand that scaling while maintaining reliability of applications and profitability of business is important, so we provide robust solutions which minimize downtime.","spans":[]},{"type":"list-item","text":"Centra is a SaaS-based e-commerce platform for global direct-to-consumer and wholesale e-commerce brands. 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","spans":[{"start":22,"end":35,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://www.digitalocean.com/docs/release-notes/"}},{"start":104,"end":140,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://www.digitalocean.com/blog/latest-products-and-features-at-digitalocean-november-2020"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"We hope you’ll give the new products and updates a try. If you have an idea for improving our products or want to vote on other user ideas so they get prioritized, please submit your feedback. And if you have any questions, please feel free to ask them here. ","spans":[{"start":171,"end":191,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://ideas.digitalocean.com/"}},{"start":244,"end":257,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://www.digitalocean.com/community/questions"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Until next month, ","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Happy coding!","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Rafael Rosa","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Senior Product Manager","spans":[]}],"blog_post_date":"2020-12-21","tags":[{"tag1":{"tag":"Product Updates","_linkType":"Link.document","_meta":{"uid":"product-updates"}}}],"_meta":{"uid":"latest-products-and-features-at-digitalocean-december-2020"}}},{"node":{"author":{"_linkType":"Link.document","author_name":"Yancey Spruill","author_image":{"dimensions":{"width":6016,"height":4016},"alt":null,"copyright":null,"url":"https://images.prismic.io/www-static/5108518f-e9f6-4361-931e-64c8a848160d_YanceySpruill.jpg?auto=compress,format"},"_meta":{"uid":"yancey_spruill"}},"blog_header_image":{"dimensions":{"width":1920,"height":1080},"alt":null,"copyright":null,"url":"https://images.prismic.io/www-static/5036ebe6-a85d-4fc8-b9ac-859c2780410e_DO-mission-statement+%281%29.png?auto=compress,format"},"blog_headline":[{"type":"heading1","text":"2020 Reinforced that the 'community is bigger than just us'","spans":[]}],"blog_post_content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":"When we began the year, we knew this would be an important one for DigitalOcean and our team was excited to do what we do best: help developers, startups, and small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) be successful testing their ideas and building their businesses in the cloud. What we didn’t know was what this would mean to so many members of our community. ","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"With 2020 and the shift to a work-from-home environment, we all had to dramatically change the way we operated. Many developers and entrepreneurs across the world have been inspired to spin up new projects or businesses in the light of the pandemic. Their needs changed and our priorities had to shift to support them in this new way of working. ","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"This wasn’t the year we anticipated, but I am grateful and extremely proud of what our team has been able to accomplish in this unusual and unprecedented year. We stayed true to focusing on you and, in a time when the global community needed it most, we remained focused on simplifying cloud computing so developers and businesses could spend more time creating software that changes the world. ","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Allow me to share a few highlights. ","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Product innovation to power your success","spans":[{"start":0,"end":40,"type":"strong"}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"With a focus on making our cloud even more accessible, reliable, and secure, our product and support teams worked hard to deliver key innovations and make your lives even easier.","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"We launched App Platform, a whole new take on deploying software apps. App Platform abstracts away the servers to allow users to focus on their code and deploy it with a click of a button. 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","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"In 2020, we published more than 400 original tutorials and released 10 free eBooks, including reference guides on topics like SysAdmin needs and how-tos on new programming languages. We fielded more than 4,500 questions and 7,400 answers to help developers get the help they needed on specific questions, and hosted 63 educational Tech Talks throughout the year. 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By joining the initiative, we agree to follow specific guidelines to increase our routing security to ultimately help make the internet safer for both businesses and consumers.","spans":[{"start":232,"end":259,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://observatory.manrs.org/#/overview"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Since the very beginning, cooperation has been at the heart of how the internet has operated. Whole new protocols, enhancements to existing protocols and the development of common standards continue to improve the network of networks. The passion and energy of thousands of engineers across the globe is focused on making incremental improvements to key infrastructure so that the Internet continues to enable new and exciting technological advancements. Many of these experts voluntarily work on these issues because they understand the deep technical complexities and the risks they pose to internet security and availability. ","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Routing security threats have the potential to be detrimental to a business’s bottom line. However, with standardized controls and guidelines like MANRS, incidents can not only be reduced, but prevented. As more companies and cloud service providers adopt these controls, the fewer incidents and less damage there will be.","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The technical steps MANRS outlines for cloud service providers to follow are:","spans":[]},{"type":"list-item","text":"Filtering: prevents the propagation of incorrect routing information. This technique provides assurance against configuration errors that can lead to “hijacking” traffic directed to other networks, resulting in widespread outages.","spans":[]},{"type":"list-item","text":"Anti-spoofing: prevents traffic with spoofed source IP addresses, a practice that can help dramatically diminish the prevalence and impact of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks.","spans":[]},{"type":"list-item","text":"Coordination: facilitates timely communication and coordination among peers, which is essential for incident mitigation and better assurance of the technical quality of relationships.","spans":[]},{"type":"list-item","text":"Global validation: encourages network operators to publish routing data, which is essential for limiting the scope of routing incidents, making the global system more resilient.","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"\"The MANRS initiative shows that when the internet community comes together to create a baseline of routing security for network operators around the world, it is possible to protect the core of the internet,\" said Aftab Siddiqui, MANRS Project Lead and Senior Manager, Internet Technology, Internet Society. \"We are delighted to welcome DigitalOcean, whose conformance with the MANRS actions brings us one step closer to enabling a safer internet for everyone.\"","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"“DigitalOcean has long understood the deep value of strong communities, and by joining MANRS our team is taking a necessary step in helping to build a better internet,” said Chris Higgins, VP Infrastructure. “We will be working with our peers to bring these benefits to even more networks.”","spans":[]}],"blog_post_date":"2020-12-17","tags":[{"tag1":{"tag":"News","_linkType":"Link.document","_meta":{"uid":"news"}}}],"_meta":{"uid":"digitalocean-joins-manrs"}}},{"node":{"author":{"_linkType":"Link.document","author_name":"Phil Dougherty","author_image":{"dimensions":{"width":573,"height":557},"alt":"Phil Dougherty","copyright":null,"url":"https://images.prismic.io/www-static/ef89c36114b5e1872e8de0b79eb679b9be5b3765_phil.png?auto=compress,format"},"_meta":{"uid":"phil_dougherty"}},"blog_header_image":{"dimensions":{"width":2880,"height":1200},"alt":null,"copyright":null,"url":"https://images.prismic.io/www-static/499858ce-04e8-4c5b-9329-a735976b3cf5_App-Platform-bg.png?auto=compress,format"},"blog_headline":[{"type":"heading1","text":"Build component-based apps with DigitalOcean App Platform","spans":[]}],"blog_post_content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":"Software development and deployment best practices continue to evolve at a rapid pace. 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Workers can be scaled vertically and horizontally just like a regular service, but cannot be accessed by the public internet and run internally to your app. Workers can be used to process various records in your database, or to handle populating your database with data fetched from third party APIs or from records that have been queued for batch processing.","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Workers can be added to your app specification as well quite easily!","spans":[]},{"type":"image","url":"https://images.prismic.io/www-static/71be639b-fbad-41cc-abe2-d13d39bdd793_Phil_blog5.png?auto=compress,format","alt":null,"copyright":null,"dimensions":{"width":930,"height":313}},{"type":"heading2","text":"Jobs","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Sometimes it is necessary to kick off a one-off task, or a scheduled task, to run a script or make a change to some part of an application. Jobs are designed for just that purpose. 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In addition, there were 34,595 pull requests not accepted by a maintainer and 9,598 labeled as spam or invalid, alongside 172,599 pull requests made to repositories that decided not to participate in Hacktoberfest and 17,260 submitted to repositories that we excluded as we and the community felt they did not follow the values of Hacktoberfest.","spans":[{"start":81,"end":88,"type":"strong"},{"start":177,"end":183,"type":"strong"},{"start":198,"end":202,"type":"em"},{"start":231,"end":236,"type":"strong"},{"start":275,"end":282,"type":"strong"},{"start":371,"end":377,"type":"strong"}]},{"type":"image","url":"https://images.prismic.io/www-static/305698af-4187-4e29-8899-6ae1db5bf5c5_Eligigle+PR+Pie+Chart.png?auto=compress,format","alt":null,"copyright":null,"dimensions":{"width":790,"height":803}},{"type":"heading3","text":"Participant stats","spans":[{"start":0,"end":17,"type":"strong"}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The numbers are in, and this Hacktoberfest was the biggest one yet. In total, 169,886 people signed up to participate and 66,798 earned a chance to pick a tree or tee. Based on the location field we added this year, we are now able to see that an estimated 140 total countries were represented. Participants were also very socially active this year, mentioning #hacktoberfest 115k times and reaching 272 million people. Here is a breakdown of the top countries, excluding the U.S. and India.","spans":[{"start":78,"end":85,"type":"strong"},{"start":122,"end":128,"type":"strong"},{"start":257,"end":260,"type":"strong"}]},{"type":"image","url":"https://images.prismic.io/www-static/3dde3839-03a3-46ea-acae-016b574fbb83_Repos_+Top+10+languages-1.png?auto=compress,format","alt":null,"copyright":null,"dimensions":{"width":790,"height":685}},{"type":"heading3","text":"Event stats","spans":[{"start":0,"end":11,"type":"strong"}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Every event this year was 100% virtual, and the event kit became the one-stop-shop for all your virtual event needs. We also leveraged Major League Hacking’s platform to unify the event experiences and make it seamless to get folks to your event. There were 1,521 event organizers in total who signed up and organized 720 events in 76 countries. However, participants represented over 121 countries in the events organized. Here were the top countries with events. ","spans":[{"start":258,"end":263,"type":"strong"},{"start":318,"end":321,"type":"strong"},{"start":332,"end":335,"type":"strong"},{"start":380,"end":389,"type":"strong"}]},{"type":"image","url":"https://images.prismic.io/www-static/a452a8d8-928d-4211-9bf6-48b22262c2b4_Events_+Top+10+Countries.png?auto=compress,format","alt":null,"copyright":null,"dimensions":{"width":790,"height":651}},{"type":"paragraph","text":"From an attendance perspective, we saw 21,826 people sign up to attend an event. To facilitate online connections, we opened up a Hacktoberfest Discord server, where 20,000 members joined, along with active Hacktoberfest partners. ","spans":[{"start":39,"end":45,"type":"strong"}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"In October, DigitalOcean also hosted a series of six open source livestreams, generating over 73,000 views. ","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"","spans":[]},{"type":"heading2","text":"Learning and growing together","spans":[{"start":0,"end":29,"type":"strong"},{"start":21,"end":29,"type":"em"}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"From the very first day of Hacktoberfest, we knew that 2020 was not going to be an ordinary celebration. It was a year of many firsts, with the most notable difference being that projects had to opt-in in order to participate in Hacktoberfest. It was encouraging to see the total number of projects on GitHub with the ‘hacktoberfest’ topic go from around 2,000 on October 3 to around 63,000 on October 31. ","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Over the seven years of Hacktoberfest, the program has evolved with small but mighty tweaks that have significantly improved the experience. However, we learned that we were still not addressing the apex of critical mass and scale for Hacktoberfest participation with maintainers. That changed this year because the quantity of poor-quality contributions between September 30 and October 3 surpassed anything we (or even GitHub) had seen before. We knew that in order to have a positive month-long engagement that was meaningful and in the spirit of Hacktobefest’s original goal, we had to act quickly to make significant changes to the program and process. We had no other choice but to make sizable changes at that moment, and so we did. ","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"We looked to take in all the key maintainer perspectives after significant deliberation from the team and partner consultation, after which we made the program opt-in only, requiring that pull requests be either merged or labeled ‘accepted’ in order to qualify. Deepening our commitment to listening to the community and maintainer partnership in the Hacktoberfest initiative, we also held 20 roundtable sessions with maintainers from all over the world. More than 65% of the maintainers who signed up attended and we had powerful conversations about the clear gaps the program had not accounted for, especially as it pertains to the maintainer experience. We’d like to express our sincere gratitude to all of you who attended. ","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"","spans":[]},{"type":"heading2","text":"Where DO we go from here? ","spans":[{"start":0,"end":27,"type":"strong"}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"During a year when there has been so much change, even within Hacktoberfest, we are hopeful that next year will bring more quality connections and contributions to the open source community. That’s why we’re going to do our part to critically examine the program and make the decisions that optimize for both maintainer and contributor experience. Our commitment is to continually improve the experience for the members of this global community by always listening to our supporters and our critics for the betterment of the experience we share.","spans":[{"start":483,"end":486,"type":"em"}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Once again, congratulations on another successful year, adding to your Hacktoberfest tee collection, improving your open source knowledge, and giving back to the community (and the planet) with a tree donation. We hope you’ll share your experience and inspire others on social media by using #hacktoberfest and tagging @DigitalOcean. ","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"","spans":[]},{"type":"heading2","text":"When you’ll receive your swag","spans":[{"start":0,"end":29,"type":"strong"}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"If you have selected a tee as your Hacktoberfest reward, you should expect an email confirmation regarding your shipment over the coming weeks. Once your swag has shipped, you’ll receive tracking information. Please be patient; delivery may take between 8-12 weeks.","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Continue contributing to the open source community by taking our latest Currents survey. ","spans":[{"start":0,"end":89,"type":"strong"},{"start":72,"end":87,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://digitalocean.getfeedback.com/r/MOb9d8lS"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Lastly, we just released our latest Currents survey, which focuses on the top trends the open source has faced within the last year. This has been a unique time for all of us and we’re curious how it has affected open source participation, open source technologies, and the global open source communities.","spans":[{"start":29,"end":51,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://digitalocean.getfeedback.com/r/MOb9d8lS"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"After launching Hub for Good, we were given a unique lens into how the open source community is using and contributing to open source software in light of recent events. To say we’ve been inspired by this is an understatement. But we want to hear our communities’ perspectives. If you have a few minutes and would like to share your insights for our upcoming Currents research report, we’d love to hear from you. As a thank you for your time, you can opt-in after taking the survey to receive a limited-edition open source \"Sammy Shark\" sticker or plant a tree in our DigitalOcean Forest. ","spans":[{"start":16,"end":28,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://www.digitalocean.com/community/pages/hub-for-good"}},{"start":568,"end":587,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://tree-nation.com/profile/digitalocean"}}]}],"blog_post_date":"2020-11-23","tags":[{"tag1":{"tag":"Community","_linkType":"Link.document","_meta":{"uid":"community"}}}],"_meta":{"uid":"hacktoberfest-recap2020"}}},{"node":{"author":{"_linkType":"Link.document","author_name":"Fernando Pimenta","author_image":{"dimensions":{"width":128,"height":128},"alt":null,"copyright":null,"url":"https://images.prismic.io/www-static/7686a157-8179-4b6c-903e-b94ed5d4f6f1_3ec177b47883507aea505b1201bf9d8a.jpeg?auto=compress,format"},"_meta":{"uid":"fernando-pimenta"}},"blog_header_image":{"dimensions":{"width":790,"height":395},"alt":null,"copyright":null,"url":"https://images.prismic.io/www-static/00bace91-76d2-4a24-99df-cf31668c1701_DODX-1271+deploy-blog-banner.png?auto=compress,format"},"blog_headline":[{"type":"heading1","text":"deploy — open hearts for the community","spans":[]}],"blog_post_content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":"This post was written by long-time DigitalOcean customer and community member Fernando Pimenta from Belo Horizonte, Brazil. In addition to being a developer, meetup organizer, educator, and translator, Fernando is a DigitalOcean Navigator – a community member that contributes content, code, and community engagement to help others build and grow. Fernando shares his experiences with and perspectives of DigitalOcean’s first deploy conference, which took place November 10-11. We encourage you to visit DigitalOcean’s Navigators Program to learn more about becoming a Navigator yourself. ","spans":[{"start":0,"end":589,"type":"em"},{"start":78,"end":95,"type":"strong"},{"start":426,"end":443,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"http://do.co/deploy"}},{"start":504,"end":537,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"http://do.co/navigators"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"When I first discovered DigitalOcean six years ago, it was love at first sight. The simplicity, the quality of the service, and their love for their customers have impressed me since. As I got to know people at the company, I felt such good energy that I said to myself: I like these folks and this is where I would like to be.","spans":[{"start":271,"end":326,"type":"em"}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The deploy conference managed to gather all this good energy into a virtual event. Yancey Spruill opened the event in such a simple and relaxed way that it seemed like a conversation between friends. He spoke about DO's values, such as simplicity, openness, inclusion, and the responsibility that the company has for its customers' businesses. He also spoke about their Hub for Good – a genuine aid initiative, not only for one community, but for all communities in the world. Here in Brazil, some friends and I managed to help several small companies with digital services during the pandemic, using credits from the program. Likewise, much more comprehensive projects, like coronastatus.no, became possible through the efforts of communities and free software with the participation of people from hundreds of countries. Sensational!","spans":[{"start":4,"end":21,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"http://do.co/deploy-communitytalks"}},{"start":83,"end":114,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://digitalocean.com/community/tech_talks/deploy-2020-keynote"}},{"start":370,"end":382,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://do.co/hubforgood"}},{"start":447,"end":450,"type":"em"},{"start":676,"end":691,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://coronastatus.no/"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"How cool it was to watch people performing from their homes – just being human. How cool it was to see Apurva Joshi presenting the new products as if he were telling us what surprise his class was preparing for us all. He spoke with joy about how fair and fixed prices help small businesses save and reinvest in the growth of their businesses.","spans":[{"start":99,"end":143,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://digitalocean.com/community/tech_talks/doing-this-cloud-thing-right-a-lap-around-digitalocean-products"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"It was fascinating to learn about the journey of a Droplet from user interface to bare metal from Neal Shrader. It is an engineering accomplishment that gives me pleasure to know. It was very good to understand what happens behind the beautiful blue screens, carefully designed by DO artists.","spans":[{"start":22,"end":110,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://digitalocean.com/community/tech_talks/how-a-droplet-is-made-the-journey-from-ui-to-bare-metal"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"I fell in love with Lyn Muldrow's presentation, \"Creating Inclusive Learning Experiences.\" It has everything to do with what I think and admire, and it has everything to do with what the world needs: more inclusion, more diversity, more kindness, more care. It was awesome!","spans":[{"start":20,"end":90,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://digitalocean.com/community/tech_talks/creating-inclusive-learning-experiences"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"And what about the yoga sessions that took place in parallel with the main stage? I love yoga and meditation! I was able to learn more stretching and relaxation exercises that will help me take care of my mind and body, improving my life. It could only come from the DO – people first.","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The Discord chat was a separate show. I confess that I was a little lost at first, but then I was interacting and becoming more comfortable. I was able to talk to people from all over the world and also ask and exchange ideas directly with the speakers. Oh, yes, and I saw many super creative work-from-home setups from people from all over the planet.","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"I feel very happy to be part of the DigitalOcean community.","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"deploy showed that it was planned with great care and affection, thinking about the people in that community. It was great to know that more and more people believe that it is possible to create, include, respect and grow. Thanks, deploy!!","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Portuguese Version","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"","spans":[]},{"type":"heading1","text":"Deploy – Corações abertos para a comunidade","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Quando eu conheci a DigitalOcean há seis anos, foi amor à primeira vista. A simplicidade, a qualidade do serviço, e o carinho com o cliente me impressionaram desde então. À medida em que eu ia conhecendo pessoas na empresa, eu sentia uma energia tão boa que disse a mim mesmo: eu gosto dessa turma e é por aqui que eu gosto de estar.","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"O deploy conseguiu reunir em um evento virtual toda essa energia boa. Yancey Spruill abriu o evento de uma maneira tão simples e tranquila que parecia uma conversa entre amigos. Ele falou sobre os valores da DO, como a simplicidade, o acolhimento, a inclusão e a responsabilidade que a empresa tem com os negócios dos clientes. Falou também sobre o “Hub for Good”, uma iniciativa de ajuda genuína, não apenas para uma comunidade, mas para todas as comunidades do mundo. Aqui no Brasil, eu e alguns amigos conseguimos ajudar várias pequenas empresas com serviços digitais durante a pandemia, usando créditos do programa. Da mesma forma, projetos muito mais abrangentes, como o coronastatus.no tornaram-se possíveis por meio do esforço das comunidades e do “software livre”, com a participação de pessoas de centenas de países. Sensacional!","spans":[{"start":2,"end":8,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"http://do.co/deploy-communitytalks"}},{"start":70,"end":99,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://digitalocean.com/community/tech_talks/deploy-2020-keynote"}},{"start":350,"end":362,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://do.co/hubforgood"}},{"start":676,"end":691,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://coronastatus.no/"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Como foi legal assistir às pessoas se apresentando a partir de suas casas – sendo apenas humanos. Como foi legal ver o Apurva Joshi apresentando os novos produtos como se estivesse contando o que a sua turma estava preparando de interessante para todos nós. Ele falou com alegria sobre como o preço justo e fixo ajuda as pequenas empresas a economizar, e com a economia investir em seus negócios para crescer.","spans":[{"start":119,"end":162,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://digitalocean.com/community/tech_talks/doing-this-cloud-thing-right-a-lap-around-digitalocean-products"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Foi fascinante conhecer a jornada da interface de usuário ao Bare Metal com Neal Shrader. É uma engenharia que dá gosto de conhecer. Foi muito bom entender o que acontece por trás das belas telas azuis, cuidadosamente desenhadas pelos artistas da DO.","spans":[{"start":15,"end":88,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://digitalocean.com/community/tech_talks/how-a-droplet-is-made-the-journey-from-ui-to-bare-metal"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Eu me apaixonei pela apresentação da Lyn Muldrow, \"Criando experiências de aprendizado inclusivas\". Tem tudo a ver com o que eu penso e admiro. E tem tudo a ver com o que o mundo precisa: mais inclusão, mais diversidade, mais gentileza, mais cuidado. Foi demais!","spans":[{"start":21,"end":98,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://digitalocean.com/community/tech_talks/creating-inclusive-learning-experiences"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"E o que dizer das sessões de Yoga que rolaram paralelamente com o palco principal? Eu adoro Yoga e meditação! Pude aprender mais exercícios de alongamento e relaxamento que me ajudarão a cuidar da minha mente e do meu corpo, melhorando a minha vida. Só podia vir da DO – pessoas em primeiro lugar.","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"O chat no Discord foi um show à parte. Confesso que fiquei meio perdido no início, mas depois fui interagindo e ficando mais à vontade. Pude conversar com pessoas do mundo todo e também perguntar e trocar ideias diretamente com os palestrantes. Ah sim, conheci muitos \"Work from home setups\" super criativos de pessoas de várias partes do planeta.","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Eu me sinto muito feliz por fazer parte da comunidade da DigitalOcean. ","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"O deploy mostrou que ele foi planejado com muito cuidado e carinho pensando nas pessoas dessa comunidade. Foi muito bom saber que mais e mais pessoas acreditam que é possível criar, incluir, respeitar e crescer. Valeu deploy!!","spans":[]}],"blog_post_date":"2020-11-18","tags":[{"tag1":{"tag":"Community","_linkType":"Link.document","_meta":{"uid":"community"}}}],"_meta":{"uid":"deploy-conference-recap"}}}]}}}