GoKawiilDigitalOcean leaves CSS-Tricks dormant while funding DHH's Omarchy with $3M
CSS-Tricks, the web development site DigitalOcean acquired in 2022 and briefly revived in mid-2024 under editor Geoff Graham, has gone inactive again with no explanation from its owner. Meanwhile, DigitalOcean quickly arranged a $3 million donation to Omarchy, a set of Arch Linux scripts led by David Heinemeier Hansson, and has also stopped small monthly payments to GNOME and Flathub infrastructure.
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The contrast highlights how corporate sponsors prioritize high-profile, personality-driven projects over sustaining existing publications and foundational open-source infrastructure that lack a famous spokesperson. It raises questions about DigitalOcean's commitment to the communities and content creators it previously supported, especially when funding for a controversial figure's project came together in days while editorial requests languished for months.
- CSS-Tricks is inactive again after DigitalOcean's silence, despite being revived only in June 2024.
- DigitalOcean pledged $3 million to DHH's Omarchy project within days of being approached, while ignoring CSS-Tricks funding requests for months.
- DigitalOcean has also cut $50 monthly payments to GNOME and Flathub, open-source projects underlying much of the software ecosystem.
Source: vale.rocks — Declan Chidlow, 2026-09-15
Published there as: “CSS-Tricks in Limbo”
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