{"componentChunkName":"component---src-templates-tag-jsx","path":"/blog/tag/community/","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":"<iframe width=\"200\" height=\"113\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/NvHQSV7jnKA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen></iframe>"}},{"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. You can also restrict access to your nodes to prevent brute-force password and denial-of-service attacks.","spans":[{"start":0,"end":18,"type":"strong"},{"start":178,"end":189,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://www.digitalocean.com/docs/networking/vpc/"}}]},{"type":"heading2","text":"The need for Managed Databases","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"DigitalOcean’s mission is to simplify cloud computing so developers, startups, and SMBs can spend more time building software that changes the world. While databases are a critical component to any application, building, maintaining, and scaling them can be complex and time consuming. For developers that are building apps for their business, database administration is often not a core focus area. But it’s quite common to find developers that write the code and then also roll up their sleeves to maintain databases. 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. In addition to this, Managed MongoDB also integrates with the Node.js 1-Click App from DigitalOcean Marketplace making it a lot easier to build Node.js apps.","spans":[{"start":166,"end":215,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://marketplace.digitalocean.com/apps/nodejs"}}]},{"type":"heading2","text":"Simple, predictable pricing","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Just like all DigitalOcean products, Managed MongoDB provides simple, predictable pricing that allows you to control costs and prevent any surprise bills. You can spin up a database cluster for just $15/month, or a highly available three-node replica set for $45/month. Click here for more information.","spans":[{"start":270,"end":301,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://www.digitalocean.com/pricing/#managed-databases"}}]},{"type":"heading2","text":"Regional availability","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Managed MongoDB is currently available in the following regions:","spans":[]},{"type":"list-item","text":"NYC3 (New York, USA)","spans":[]},{"type":"list-item","text":"FRA1 (Frankfurt, Germany)","spans":[]},{"type":"list-item","text":"AMS3 (Amsterdam, Netherlands)","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"We will be making Managed Mongo available in other regions soon. Please check out the release notes for most up to date information on regional availability.","spans":[{"start":86,"end":99,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://www.digitalocean.com/docs/release-notes/"}}]},{"type":"heading2","text":"Join us at deploy, DigitalOcean’s virtual user conference","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Today we have deploy, DigitalOcean’s signature user conference, which focuses on celebrating, educating, and connecting awesome builders from all over the world.","spans":[{"start":14,"end":20,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://deploy.digitalocean.com/home"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Check out the keynote session from DigitalOcean's CEO, Yancey Spruill, in which he talks about where we're headed as a company and shares some exciting product updates. 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. Learn how you can participate, submit an app and get a t-shirt.","spans":[{"start":24,"end":66,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://www.digitalocean.com/mongodb-hackathon"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"We hope you will give Managed MongoDB a try. Here are some sample datasets and sample apps that you can use to kick the tires. 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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At a high level, SSH works by creating cryptographic key pairs consisting of a public and private key, which are computer generated and stored separately to ensure their security. ","spans":[{"start":80,"end":117,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://cybernews.com/best-password-managers/most-common-passwords/"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"SSH has become the default encryption protocol for many industries, but it was difficult to use SSH keys with DigitalOcean’s current Recovery (VNC) console, which is why we developed our new Droplet Console. The new Droplet Console is backed by an agent that security supervises the key pair, while also providing one-click SSH access to our users. You can see the full list of features below.","spans":[]},{"type":"heading2","text":"The new Droplet Console: More time saving, less time wasting ","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The new Droplet Console is for everyone who is looking to build fast, secure apps and avoid hassles with SSH access & usability issues.","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"In addition to easier SSH access, the new Droplet Console comes with:","spans":[]},{"type":"list-item","text":"Copy/paste text: Instead of typing lengthy key pairs and text manually, you can use copy/paste to save time. ","spans":[{"start":0,"end":17,"type":"strong"}]},{"type":"list-item","text":"Multi-color support: Multi-color support makes the console more useful and intuitive, and breaks the conventional standard appearance which is black text on a white background. ","spans":[{"start":0,"end":41,"type":"strong"}]},{"type":"list-item","text":"Multi-language support: DigitalOcean’s new Droplet Console supports multiple languages, meaning you can now type and view any content in any language that is supported by UTF-8","spans":[{"start":0,"end":24,"type":"strong"}]},{"type":"list-item","text":"OS/images supported: Linux distributions (Ubuntu(16.04 - 20.04), Fedora (32 & 33), Debian (9), CentOS (7.6 & 8.3), CentOS 8 Stream, Rocky Linux and Marketplace images.","spans":[{"start":0,"end":20,"type":"strong"},{"start":148,"end":159,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://marketplace.digitalocean.com/"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The new Droplet Console is available by default on any new Droplets you spin up. 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A combination of internet-based delivery, subscription-based pricing, and low-friction product experiences have made SaaS solutions valuable tools for their users, and an excellent vehicle for software builders looking to distribute their products.","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"These factors have made SaaS solutions ubiquitous; SaaS is the largest segment in the public cloud market, and is used to provide functionality ranging from personal finance apps for consumers, to productivity software for businesses, and even tools and services for software developers themselves to compose their applications and simplify their workflows. It is also not uncommon to find micro-SaaS applications being built for specific industries such as retail, job functions such as accounting or marketing, or tasks such as event management. 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","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Writing the code, testing, deployment, monitoring the usage in production, and ensuring that your apps are able to handle the additional demand when customer base and usage grows are all essential and time-consuming tasks.","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Additionally, being able to test multiple ideas, pivot, and double down on the ideas that actually work is critical in early stages of SaaS development. Once growth comes, it is equally important to scale up without compromising on performance or reliability. 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The last thing SaaS teams want is surprising and indecipherable bills from your cloud provider. Unfortunately, smaller businesses often experience unpredictable costs with cloud providers who are busy serving only the large enterprises.","spans":[]},{"type":"heading2","text":"DigitalOcean provides a simple, cost effective solution for SaaS builders","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Fortunately, at DigitalOcean we have a laser focus on small software development teams, who are trying to build the next generation of applications. Today, DigitalOcean customers are already building SaaS applications which serve all kinds of customers.","spans":[{"start":191,"end":217,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://www.digitalocean.com/solutions/saas/"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"We believe SaaS builders should focus on building apps that power their business, and not spend their valuable time on managing infrastructure. 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We plan to move a lot of our apps to DigitalOcean App Platform and other fully managed products.” - Roman Svichar, CTO of Vidazoo","spans":[{"start":0,"end":7,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://vidazoo.com/"}},{"start":187,"end":583,"type":"em"}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"We believe in meeting customers where they are. If they already have an understanding of cloud infrastructure technologies, they should be able to leverage that knowledge and get started with our products without any further ramp up.","spans":[]},{"type":"list-item","text":"Whatfix is an enterprise SaaS provider that offers a digital adoption platform to businesses. The company helps enterprises gain the full value of their investments in enterprise applications by providing real-time, interactive, and contextual guidance to users of those applications. \n\n“What we really love about the DigitalOcean platform is the ease of use. 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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If you are interested in learning more about product updates, technical deep-dives and best practices for building SaaS products and businesses, please contact us to learn how we can help you get started. ","spans":[{"start":340,"end":357,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://www.digitalocean.com/migrate/?utmmedium=blog","target":"_blank"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Come build with DigitalOcean!","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Looking to migrate your SaaS to DigitalOcean? 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The way we deliver on this mission is by starting with community and simplicity and ending with love. ","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"One of the challenges any growing community faces is how to reach and support tens of millions of people. For us, we make this connection with developers and startups across the world with our modest but powerful team of DigitalOcean staff.","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Building on the lessons of our community, we’re excited to officially launch our ambassador program called Navigators (http://do.co/navigators).  With this program we hope to prove this hypothesis: that DigitalOcean customers can contribute content, code, and community engagement to help others build and grow and get recognized and rewarded in turn.","spans":[{"start":107,"end":118,"type":"strong"},{"start":119,"end":142,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"http://do.co/navigators"}},{"start":143,"end":145,"type":"strong"}]},{"type":"heading2","text":"Understanding Navigators","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"DigitalOcean would not be where we are today - serving as many customers and communities around the world as we do - without the ongoing support and effort of a brilliant community of developers, community organizers, speakers, writers, video creators, open source maintainers, and more. The people around the world who are motivated by helping others learn and grow with the DigitalOcean ecosystem are what we call Navigators, like Sammy the Shark here, Navigating the vast ocean ecosystem of technologies and tools.","spans":[]},{"type":"image","url":"https://images.prismic.io/www-static/90030266-5e51-4424-a4cc-7607524e732b_Screen+Shot+2020-12-11+at+10.07.26+AM.png?auto=compress,format","alt":null,"copyright":null,"dimensions":{"width":2858,"height":1940}},{"type":"paragraph","text":"These are the people who write hundreds of tutorials, contribute to countless tools and libraries, build our Meetup community to over 60,000 members, produce hundreds of helpful videos and talks, and create so much more. We all know someone who is a Navigator. 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And I loved DigitalOcean for it’s community and tutorials before I even used any of its resources.\"  - Mouhsen Ibrahim","spans":[{"start":0,"end":334,"type":"em"}]},{"type":"heading2","text":"Perks of being a DigitalOcean Navigator","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"As a Navigator you will be expected to contribute to the community on a consistent basis. To make this as easy as possible,  here are the perks of the program that we believe will keep Navigators engaged and going above and beyond to guide people around the world to learn and grow with the help of DigitalOcean. ","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"When we were dreaming up the Navigators program we kept asking ourselves, “with so many other priorities for our customers and community members, how do we make this program worthwhile for them?” We don’t take lightly the efforts that are involved in contributing code, content, and community engagement with a focus on high quality. 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As a member you will help inform how DigitalOcean can support Navigators in evolving ways. ","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"\"I met DigitalOcean in 2014 when I was looking for a fixed-price cloud solution for a small business. The impact of simplicity and performance was so great that I became a fan. After that, I met a lot of amazing people there. A tip I would give to Navigators is: Open your mind, open your heart, and help others – that's the key!\" - Fernando Pimenta","spans":[{"start":0,"end":349,"type":"em"}]},{"type":"heading2","text":"Navigators welcome","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"You are an excellent candidate for the Navigators Program if you are already immersed in the developer ecosystem and have found success in helping other people learn and build. Do you have a passion for inclusive teaching through writing, presenting, or community organization? Do you have hands-on expertise with DigitalOcean’s products and services? 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We can’t wait to hear from you and welcome you as an extension of the DigitalOcean team. ","spans":[{"start":87,"end":97,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://do.co/navigators"}}]}],"blog_post_date":"2021-02-11","tags":[{"tag1":{"tag":"Community","_linkType":"Link.document","_meta":{"uid":"community"}}}],"_meta":{"uid":"welcome-to-navigators"}}},{"node":{"author":{"_linkType":"Link.document","author_name":"Chris Sevilleja","author_image":{"dimensions":{"width":452,"height":364},"alt":"Chris Sevilleja headshot","copyright":null,"url":"https://images.prismic.io/www-static/5c6683d5-5485-43e7-8a89-c1d0d050608c_Screen+Shot+2021-02-01+at+4.20.40+PM.png?auto=compress,format"},"_meta":{"uid":"chris-sevilleja"}},"blog_header_image":{"dimensions":{"width":1600,"height":672},"alt":null,"copyright":null,"url":"https://images.prismic.io/www-static/e22088c5-7de8-40cd-aa5d-02817986e05c_pasted+image+0.png?auto=compress,format"},"blog_headline":[{"type":"heading1","text":"Announcing the Winners of the App Platform Hackathon on DEV","spans":[]}],"blog_post_content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":"We recently launched DigitalOcean App Platform, a reimagined Platform as a Service (PaaS) that allows developers to deploy their full stack applications faster than ever. 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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. 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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"}}},{"node":{"author":{"_linkType":"Link.document","author_name":"Carly Brantz","author_image":{"dimensions":{"width":2941,"height":4410},"alt":null,"copyright":null,"url":"https://images.prismic.io/www-static/3321b57d-ba08-4516-8df6-5168e6af0d21_Carly_Crop.jpg?auto=compress,format"},"_meta":{"uid":"carly-brantz"}},"blog_header_image":{"dimensions":{"width":2400,"height":1200},"alt":null,"copyright":null,"url":"https://images.prismic.io/www-static/6d5e93cb-d2ec-4344-8fb8-aba47ea25350_Carly-blog.jpg?auto=compress,format"},"blog_headline":[{"type":"heading1","text":"Executive Lighting Talk: How to scale self-service revenue with community initiatives","spans":[]}],"blog_post_content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":"deploy – our first-ever, 24-hour global virtual conference deploy kicked off last Tuesday. 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Founded on the values of simplicity, community, and love, we know how important it is to spend time with the people that mean the most to us, especially during a time when it’s never been more challenging to do so. 2020 is the perfect time to bring our global community together to celebrate the things we all care about: learning, building, and creating the future we want to see. This event will transcend the expected and be an experience that you will never forget.","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"deploy is a conference featuring a showstopping lineup of speakers, high-quality content, and a multitude of ways to engage with the global developer community. 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See the full agenda to make note of the talks and sessions you won’t want to miss. ","spans":[{"start":208,"end":220,"type":"strong"},{"start":208,"end":220,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"http://do.co/deploy"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The content spans a wide breadth of topics relevant to today’s developer ecosystem, from HashiCorp bringing you a creative point of view of building Kubernetes clusters in the blocky world of Minecraft, all the way to Incident Labs sharing best practices for being mindful of burnout for engineering teams in the era of COVID-19.","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Latest and Greatest","spans":[{"start":0,"end":19,"type":"strong"}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Keeping the community informed about our vision is important to us, which is why we are transparent about our Product Roadmap. 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We look forward to seeing you there! ","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Hollie Haggans","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Manager, Community Relations & Engagement ","spans":[]}],"blog_post_date":"2020-10-14","tags":[{"tag1":{"tag":"Community","_linkType":"Link.document","_meta":{"uid":"community"}}}],"_meta":{"uid":"digitaloceans-first-ever-24-hour-global-virtual-conference-deploy"}}},{"node":{"author":{"_linkType":"Link.document","author_name":"DigitalOcean","author_image":{"dimensions":{"width":600,"height":600},"alt":"Sammy avatar","copyright":null,"url":"https://images.prismic.io/www-static/a10e3c2eb15b74ee43f872be3044313423b1c9a9_sammy_avatar.png?auto=compress,format"},"_meta":{"uid":"digitalocean"}},"blog_header_image":{"dimensions":{"width":1537,"height":769},"alt":null,"copyright":null,"url":"https://images.prismic.io/www-static/e6c04b47-bd9d-474a-9d25-ab143f47349e_Hacktoberfest2020.png?auto=compress,format"},"blog_headline":[{"type":"heading1","text":"A Hacktoberfest to bring us together","spans":[]}],"blog_post_content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":"Hacktoberfest is the monthlong celebration of open source software created by DigitalOcean to honor and uplift the community that we owe a great deal to. 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Whether you’re brand new to open source or you still remember your days of building with BASIC, this month is for you. ","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Here’s what the Hacktoberfest community accomplished last year: ","spans":[]},{"type":"o-list-item","text":"131,841 participants completed 483,127 pull requests on 154,767 repositories ","spans":[]},{"type":"o-list-item","text":"673 Hacktoberfest events in October in 292 cities in 73 countries","spans":[]},{"type":"o-list-item","text":"61,871 participants in 142 countries earning a T-shirt","spans":[]},{"type":"heading2","text":"New experiences in 2020","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"To meet the demands of 2020, we have implemented changes to Hacktoberfest to help lower the barrier to entry, improve the quality of contributions, and level the hacking playing field. The ground rules still apply. You must complete four valid pull requests to earn a reward. 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Partnering with Major League Hacking and Mattermost, event organizers can set up an event page and automagically get a dedicated Mattermost chat room. \n","spans":[{"start":0,"end":23,"type":"strong"},{"start":238,"end":271,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com/eventkit"}}]},{"type":"o-list-item","text":"Pick trees, not tees: Every year, we strive to reduce the environmental impact of Hacktoberfest. By moving all events online, the carbon footprint associated with travel to hack nights is entirely removed. Still, this is not enough; we’ll also be paying for the carbon offsets associated with shipping 70,000 shirts around the world. 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With 5 days left in September, we encourage you all to explore the resources we’ve provided.  ","spans":[{"start":0,"end":29,"type":"strong"},{"start":392,"end":413,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com/details"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"We look forward to seeing all the ways in which you participate in these new experiences and hope they will enable you to be a more active and collaborative member of the open source community. ","spans":[]},{"type":"heading2","text":"We’re in this together","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"This year’s Hacktoberfest promises to be the best yet because we have some phenomenal partners to help amplify your projects and contributions. Intel joins us this year alongside our previous partners, DEV. We are extremely honored to have these folks along for 2020 as well as the teams at Vonage, JetBrains, Circle CI, and our good friends at GitHub. 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Making the conference virtual allowed us to expand the speaker list and attendee participation to include our customers, partners, and the developer community from more regions than would have been possible in an in-person event. We had attendees tune in live from 40+ countries! ","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Encouraged by the overwhelming response to our TIDE APAC conference, we are excited to announce the 11th edition of TIDE for the Europe, Middle East, and Africa regions. ","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"This TIDE brings the leaders of the EMEA developer, startup, and SMB ecosystem together. ","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Beyond being free to attend, here are 5 other reasons you should join us during TIDE EMEA:","spans":[{"start":0,"end":89,"type":"strong"},{"start":13,"end":27,"type":"em"}]},{"type":"o-list-item","text":"Our speaker lineup consists of CEOs, CTOs, and founders who will speak about a diverse set of topics, from building a scalable application to finding community during COVID-19. Listen to their inspiring stories and learn from their experiences. Here is the detailed agenda.","spans":[{"start":4,"end":18,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://www.digitalocean.com/2020-tide-emea-conference/?utm_medium=tide_blog&utm_source=web&utm_content=tide_emea"}},{"start":266,"end":272,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://www.digitalocean.com/2020-tide-emea-conference/?utm_medium=tide_blog&utm_source=web&utm_content=tide_emea"}}]},{"type":"o-list-item","text":"Hear from developers and CTOs on how you can better leverage your cloud infrastructure to scale your business.","spans":[]},{"type":"o-list-item","text":"Have a chance to meet and interact one-on-one with the DigitalOcean team and have your questions answered in real time!","spans":[]},{"type":"o-list-item","text":"Build new connections with other developers and entrepreneurs from the EMEA region in a fun networking session. ","spans":[]},{"type":"o-list-item","text":"Participate in our exciting Twitter contest and quiz, in which you have a chance to win some amazing DigitalOcean goodies!","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Get a feel for how these sessions work by checking out these videos from the previous edition of TIDE. ","spans":[{"start":55,"end":60,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLl2J3uv6PkADIVhzq4eL7nVPVUCQ7eKyk"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"We look forward to hosting you! ","spans":[]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Date: Sep 2, 2020, 3 p.m.–7 p.m. CEST ","spans":[{"start":0,"end":4,"type":"strong"}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Register here. ","spans":[{"start":0,"end":8,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://www.digitalocean.com/2020-tide-emea-conference/?utm_medium=tide_blog&utm_source=web&utm_content=tide_emea"}}]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"#dotide ","spans":[]}],"blog_post_date":"2020-08-25","tags":[{"tag1":{"tag":"Community","_linkType":"Link.document","_meta":{"uid":"community"}}}],"_meta":{"uid":"digitalocean-tide-emea--a-digital-conference-for-developers"}}}]}}}