Big News 🎉 Scotch is Joining DigitalOcean!

[🎊 Scotch is Joining DigitalOcean 🎊]( Hey everyone! Chris from Scotch here with some very big news! In the beginning, cofounder [Nick Cerminara]( and [I (Chris on Code)]( had one goal: to provide great developer tutorials! Today, I'm happy to announce that we are joining the DigitalOcean team and their amazing community to help spread these great tutorials to an even wider audience. Scotch from 2013 to 2019 Scotch started back in 2013 as a humble blog. Here we are in 2019 with some solid accomplishments: - 38,000,000 visitors - 112,000,000 pageviews - 500+ guest authors - 1,800 tutorials - 61 courses It's taken a lot of hard work to get here and I can't thank you enough. To those of you who have read articles, written for the guest author program, and shared/supported content: Scotch has grown and evolved thanks to you. We have been able to help developers everywhere thanks to you. Joining DigitalOcean! Ever since the beginning of Scotch, we have been hosted with DigitalOcean. Moving forward, I'm very excited to say that DigitalOcean and Scotch are joining forces to provide even greater resources to developers around the world. There aren't many places on the Internet that are as devoted to developer education as we are, but we are happy to say that we have found one. DigitalOcean is committed to developers with their many programs: - Write for DOnations - Community Q&A - Hatch for Startups - Hacktoberfest - Droplets for Demos I'm proud that the Scotch community is able to join such a dedicated developer family. What happens to Scotch? So is Scotch going away? No way! In fact, our site is getting even better for our community – and for everyone. Starting immediately, we are going to remove the paywall for all articles and tutorials and Scotch. Our content will be free to anyone. I'll be at DigitalOcean as a Community Manager. You can find me at [my newsletter](, my [Twitch streams](, my [YouTube](, and of course on Scotch and DigitalOcean! Let me know your thoughts! I'd love to hear what you think! Just respond to this email or find me on [Twitter](! Happy Coding ✌ [Chris on Code]( 👉 Dude at [Scotch.io]( Scotch.io 618 Redruth Dr, Las Vegas NV 89178 United States [facebook]( [twitter]( fun and practical web development. not just how, but why. code. eat. sleep. loop. [Unsubscribe](