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DigitalOcean 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.

vale.rocks · 2026-09-15

Guide shows how to self-host OpenBSD on a $4/month DigitalOcean droplet

A developer detailed a step-by-step process for running a personal website on OpenBSD hosted on DigitalOcean, using the platform's custom image upload feature to install OpenBSD's miniroot image and configuring the server with httpd and Let's Encrypt for HTTPS. The setup costs about $4.24 per month after tax, positioned as an alternative to free static hosting services like GitHub Pages or Cloudflare Pages.

nil.wallyjones.com · 2026-08-25