--- title: Best DigitalOcean posts of 2022 | daily.dev description: The most upvoted DigitalOcean posts of 2022, curated by the daily.dev community. canonical: https://daily.dev/tags/digitalocean/best-of/2022 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:url: https://daily.dev/tags/digitalocean/best-of/2022 og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Best DigitalOcean posts of 2022 | daily.dev og:description: The most upvoted DigitalOcean posts of 2022, curated by the daily.dev community. og:image: https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--VAY5ToZt--/f_auto/v1724209435/public/daily.dev%20-%20open%20graph --- # Best of DigitalOcean — 2022 1. 1 [](/posts/heroku-is-removing-the-free-tier-jptftuy8i "Heroku is removing the free tier") Article DEV · 4y Heroku is removing the free tier From November 28, 2022 this FREE tier will no longer be available. The only real downsides are not enabling a custom domain and slower cold starts. If you are currently using a free tier, you will need to upgrade to a paid plan before that date. 53 6 2. 2 [](/posts/css-tricks-is-joining-digitalocean-css-tricks-atiptephv "CSS-Tricks is joining DigitalOcean! | CSS-Tricks") Article CSS-Tricks · 5y CSS-Tricks is joining DigitalOcean! | CSS-Tricks DigitalOcean has acquired CSS-Tricks. The site and content is staying right here. DigitalOcean is committed to continuing to produce high-quality content on front-end development and tending to the trove of content that exists here already. You can build anything on DigitalOcean infrastructure. 27 4 3. 3 [](/posts/fullstack-pulumi-deploying-the-mern-stack-on-digitalocean-vxkkm7ttf "Fullstack Pulumi: Deploying the MERN Stack on DigitalOcean") Article Pulumi · 5y Fullstack Pulumi: Deploying the MERN Stack on DigitalOcean MERN-stack apps are three-tier web apps built with MongoDB, Express, React, and Node.js. DigitalOcean’s App Platform gives you a set of high-level abstractions built to align with the tiers of a typical web application. With Pulumi and a little bit of code, you can easily do so without ever having to leave the comfort of your IDE. 17 4. 4 [](/posts/thank-you-2022-edition-css-tricks-dfplaqsx9 "Thank You (2022 Edition) | CSS-Tricks") Article CSS-Tricks · 4y Thank You (2022 Edition) | CSS-Tricks The first one was published in 2007, the same year CSS-Tricks began, and it continued all the way through 2021 without missing a beat. This is the last post we’re publishing this year as we hang up our Gone Fishin’ sign for the holidays. We published a wayyyy less content this year. 15 1 5. 5 [](/posts/how-to-run-end-to-end-tests-using-playwright-and-docker--u8xzmcyv "How To Run End-to-End Tests Using Playwright and Docker") Article DigitalOcean Community · 4y How To Run End-to-End Tests Using Playwright and Docker Playwright is a great tool for end-to-end testing across browsers, including Chromium, Firefox, and Webkit. Playwright has features like auto-support interaction with browsers, so you don't have to install the web drivers manually. To run Playwright, you need an appropriate environment, such as type yes or press enter to confirm the setup for the package. The flag --save-dev is used. 13 6. 6 [](/posts/how-to-contribute-to-open-source-in-hacktoberfest-2022-ultimate-guide--bovowuzpn "How to Contribute to Open Source in Hacktoberfest 2022 [Ultimate Guide]") Article It's Foss · 4y How to Contribute to Open Source in Hacktoberfest 2022 \[Ultimate Guide\] Hacktoberfest is one such event from DigitalOcean that encourages you to contribute back to your favorite open-source projects. In exchange for your contributions, you either get a gift from Digital Ocean, or you can choose to plant a tree instead. You can also help spread the word, and share the project with the world to improve its social presence. 12 7. 7 [](/posts/an-introduction-to-json-c4zed5-ev "An Introduction to JSON") Article DigitalOcean Community · 4y An Introduction to JSON JSON, short for JavaScript Object Notation, is a format for sharing data. As its name suggests, it's derived from the JavaScript programming language, but it's available for use by many languages including Python, Ruby, PHP, and Java. Data can also be nested within the JSON format by using JavaScript arrays that are passed as a value. Arrays are ordered collections and can contain values of different data types. 12 8. 8 [](/posts/alternatives-to-netlify-for-deploying-front-end-apps-lfh8aekou "Alternatives to Netlify for deploying front-end apps") Article asayer · 4y Alternatives to Netlify for deploying front-end apps Netlify provides developers with everything they need to take their web projects from the first preview to full production without having to think about servers or DevOps. This article will give you an overview of Netlify alternatives for deploying single-page applications and their pros and features. 11 1 9. 9 [](/posts/expand-your-open-source-contributions-during-hacktoberfest-2022-w7qkcvvmm "Expand your open source contributions during Hacktoberfest 2022") Article GitHub Blog · 4y Expand your open source contributions during Hacktoberfest 2022 Hacktoberfest 2022 is back for its ninth year. We all use and depend on open source to power our digital world. In the past year alone, we saw over 2.6 billion contributions on GitHub. You can contribute to several GitHub projects participating this year, including GitHub Docs. 11 10. 10 [](/posts/from-idea-to-blog-to-live-without-leaving-your-ide-gwp6y7bqp "From idea, to blog, to live without leaving your IDE") Article Laravel News · 4y From idea, to blog, to live without leaving your IDE Statamic is a fantastic content management package you can add to your Laravel applications. In this tutorial, I will show you how to start with a new Statamic website and take this from an idea for a blog to deploying this as a static site to Digital Ocean using infrastructure as code. 11 11. 11 [](/posts/where-to-host-a-postgresql-database-etsazfzxt "Where to host a PostgreSQL database") Article Flavio Copes · 4y Where to host a PostgreSQL database Local database is your best choice when you are developing your application on localhost. The drawback is the initial setup, but you can find many tutorials for your Operating System by searching “install postgresql on ” on Google or YouTube. 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