I remember at that time feeling almost bad for Linode because they had built up so much valuable educational content about what you could run on their services,

I remember at that time feeling almost bad for Linode because they had built up so much valuable educational content about what you could run on their services, and I was using it step-by-step on DO. The only differentiator was the price. Of course DO quickly replicated and excelled in providing that tutorial value as well.