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Not specific to the service, but I have to thank whoever writes DigitalOcean's tutorials / help pages, they are very well written.
by manaskarekar 10y ago
Not specific to the service, but I have to thank whoever writes DigitalOcean's tutorials / help pages, they are very well written.
- Jgrubb 10y agoI don't work for DO so I could be wrong, but it's my understanding that they actually pay the community for contributed articles to their knowledge base and tutorials section. This is a brilliant idea (if true).
- asddddd 10y agoYup: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/get-paid-to-write https://www.digitalocean.com/community/get-paid-to-write Probably really great SEO/marketing value, and quite useful content. Example being annoying stuff like manually configuring an OpenVPN server + clients, DO seems to have 2 out of the top 3 Google results. Looks like Linode started a similar program at some point: https://www.linode.com/docs/linode-writers-guide/ https://www.linode.com/docs/linode-writers-guide/
- acomjean 10y agoTotally this. Seriously good documentation on how to set up things for that know enough, but not quite enough. I've used those tutorials for no just my DO instances, but also setting up virtual box linux severs.
- purple-again 10y agoMan I have to second this sentiment. When I was first getting into the DevOps side adding "digital ocean" at the end of all of my Google questions always led to me a really well written and concise article complete with copy paste ready shell commands that without fail got me to where I needed to be. I would love to see an article someday just discussing the inner workings of how Digital Ocean managed/curated this community.
- timlod 10y agoAgreed, I have used several of their tutorials to get things working on my droplet. The tutorials rank high in search and often happen to be exactly what I am looking for (that does not happen often!). E.g. just this week I used their tutorial to secure nginx with Let's Encrypt which worked perfectly.
- beigeotter 10y agoThank you so much for your kind words. We've linked to this thread in our internal slack channel and I know this kind of feedback means a lot to the team. We're really excited about creating useful, approachable content, and hearing about how it has helped others is great encouragement. If you, or someone you know, wants to join us in this effort, we are both hiring for these roles in the Community Department (https://www.digitalocean.com/company/careers/ https://www.digitalocean.com/company/careers/) and seeking freelance contributions (https://www.digitalocean.com/community/get-paid-to-write https://www.digitalocean.com/community/get-paid-to-write)
- aeturnum 10y agoI want to second the praise of DOs tutorial pages. I used to use stack overflow for all my tutorial needs, but I'll always pick DO when I can. Just in case you doubt their value - It's a big part of why I use DO for my hosting needs and recommend you guys to others.
- joe563323 10y agoReally well written and easy to use content. Thanks very much for the write up.
- sixhobbits 10y agoI applied for a community role at Digital Ocean and got a generic "background doesn't match" response. Would be great to chat to a real person about if I might fit another role better or what I should focus on if I want to apply again in the future :)