As part of Hacktoberfest season, now is a good time to consider the ways in which we can make open source repositories welcoming spaces for developers and end users alike. A great way to facilitate contributions and grow a user base is through providing documentation and encouraging enhancements to your…
It's that magical time of the year again: GitHub Universe, being held October 16-17, 2018, in San Francisco! Come check out our area, chat with our DevRel team, and take a picture with Sammy. For every attendee that shares their photo on Twitter or Instagram using the hashtag #DigitalOceanLovesOS, we’…
DigitalOcean started Hacktoberfest with a simple mission in mind: to give back to the open source community that had given us and many other companies so much. We combined our customers’ love of our swag with a challenge: contribute meaningfully to projects and earn a limited edition t-shirt. Five years…
Sometimes you simply want to get a static website up and running as quickly as possible, whether it be the actual website, a placeholder, or a basic landing page. Recently I started using Caddy, a modern web-server focused on simplicity and security. It includes native support for Git and Let's…
As as developer-first company, we are always looking for meaningful channels to engage with the developer community. Our Community site contains over 1,900 tutorials on various DevOps and system administrator topics, and our Meetups host a community of 40,000+ members across 73 groups in 33 countries where members…
