It’s a little surreal watching Kevin recap the current CSS-Tricks situation.

It’s been rollercoastery after DigitalOcean’s acquisition. Thoughts:

• DigitalOcean bought the site. They can do whatever they want with it.
• At the very least, I hope it stays online. Aside from a general distaste for bitrot, a lot of people have bylines on that site, and they deserve to have those online to benefit them in perpetuity.
• DigitalOcean should be clear and honest in their communications about the site, especially with those who work on it. Geoff is a good dude who deserves that, obviously.
• What I’d prefer to see is the site thrive and be good for everyone. Eric’s idea is cool.
• It’s a difficult time in tech to try to run a niche text-based publication as a profitable business. It’s hard to shake the feeling you’re paying to train LLMs. That’s why I thought DigitalOcean was a good buyer originally: it doesn’t need to generate money directly; it can function as top-of-funnel customer acquisition via being a good community steward.
• I’m happy to talk to the powers that be if it’s helpful.

I have zero background knowledge of what’s going on. Just thought I’d share my gut.