🙏 50th Edition - Special Giveaway

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Govardhana M K
October 09, 2024

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Hey — It's Govardhana MK 👋

We’ve hit 50 editions! 🎉 As a thank-you, we’ve got a special giveaway just for you!

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🙏 50TH EDITION - GIVE AWAY SPECIAL

Today’s edition is a little different as I celebrate the journey so far!

Normally, I dive deep into a use case and share the top news, tools, videos, and articles in the TechOps space.

But for this special edition, I’m giving you a behind-the-scenes look at how we got here.

Also, a warm welcome to the 250+ new readers who joined since yesterday!

This isn’t the usual format. I typically stick to pure tech content, but today is special for the 50th edition.

🙌 Don’t worry — you’re in the right place!

You can check out the previous 49 editions here

Many of you know, Digital and Cloud Consulting is my main business, generating ~$750K in revenue since June 2023 to date.

All my leads came from LinkedIn, where I attracted enterprise prospects by sharing real-world use cases.

Each illustration took 4-6 hours, and my posts were reaching nearly a million views per week.

That’s when the frustrating part began—people started shamelessly lifting my work in a snap.

As shown below, 6 of the top 8 Google results were my stolen work.

Even while writing for Alex Xu (ByteByteGo) and Mumshad (Kodekloud), the same thing happened.

They didn’t mind, but charging $1000s/month felt unethical, so I stopped writing for anyone and stopped sharing visual illustrations.

In December 2023, my LinkedIn buddy Bibin Wilson suggested moving my work to blogs or a central repo for better control, sparking the idea of a newsletter.

The idea was seeded then, and my first edition launched on August 1, 2024.

Why the 9-month delay?

  1. Many newsletters struggle to maintain traction.

  2. Most haven’t broken even.

  3. I needed a format that’s easy to produce and different.

I studied 400+ newsletters across industries—marketing, healthcare, finance, Milk Road, even NaptownScoop, a regional Annapolis one.

I found two patterns:

  • Creators (spin up their content)

  • Curators (collate the best links available)

Creators gain authority, while curators have repeat value.

I chose to mix both.

Since I had an incredible LinkedIn following, subscriptions came easily when the news got out.

I expected to need 10K+ subscribers to attract sponsors.

but here’s what happened:

1 Aug: First edition published

2 Aug: I got two sponsors

The newsletter was profitable from Day 1.

After two months, we have 14K+ subscribers (it could have been 18K+, but I automated pruning of no to less engaged subscribers).

I prioritize quality over quantity.

And we saw through:

  • 49 - Real-world use cases

  • 49 - New tools introduced

  • 250+ - Learning resources and tech updates

This success is because of you!

To give back, I’m planning to roll out constant giveaways, starting with this one.

Throughout my journey, I’ve seen many think DevOps is all about tools, but there's a deeper layer.

I call it 'DevOps Day 0'—the fundamentals that explain why we do things, not just how.

Here’s the 66-page "THE 'DAY 0' DEVOPS GUIDE" to help you build a strong foundation for long-term success.

Topics covered:

  1. Linux Fundamentals (Basic commands, File system hierarchy, Permissions and ownership, Processes and signals, Package management, Networking commands, Disk management, User and group management)

  2. Networking Concepts (IP addressing and subnetting - IPv4, IPv6, DNS and DHCP, Load Balancers, Network protocols - HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, SSH, etc.)

  3. Database Concepts (ACID Properties, Scalability, Data Modeling, SQL vs. NoSQL)

  4. Security Concepts (Encryption, Authentication, Authorization, OWASP Top 10)

  5. Storage Concepts (Block Storage, Object Storage, File Storage, SSD vs. HDD)

  6. Disaster Recovery Strategies (RTO, RPO, Backup and Restore, Pilot Light, Warm Standby, Multi-site)

  7. Understanding Cache (How Cache works?, Cache Hit Vs Cache Miss, In-memory Caches - Redis, Memcached)

Hope you find it useful!

Give me a shout on LinkedIn if this guide helps you.

See you tomorrow with the usual deep dive and more resources!

Thank you again 🙏

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