Hi there,
After the huge dip in my conference attendance in recent years, I'm excited to have a bunch of open source conferences lined up this spring. This week, I'll be at DevOpsDays Berlin. So if you're there as well, please say Hi! You'll recognize me for sure (see below).

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Changelog

Have you ever watched my live stream and thought to yourself: "Wow, that's a great hoodie! I'm sad that I don't own one of these myself." I know you have. That's why I launched a merch shop where you can get MM-branded clothes, mugs, stickers, and even your very own Bash Bear with an embroidered terminal prompt! (Tip: A piece of MM gear makes you easy to recognize at conferences!)

In The Server Room

With The Server Room, I've also launched my mentorship program. It's a special membership tier that not only includes all the benefits of the BRONZE, SILVER and GOLD levels, but also direct collaboration with me and monthly 1:1 coaching calls. For the first 20 people who sign up for a yearly membership, I'm offering a founder discount of 50%. It applies for the whole duration of your subscription, which means that you can save €450 every year by signing up now with the discount code "FOUNDER0622".
Our community is growing steadily, and I'd like to welcome all our new members, for example Yohan who already volunteered for a Hot Seat session!

Yes, we're going to have our first Hot Seat this month where we go on a video call to discuss an issue presented by one of our community members. I'm so excited to be leading this roundtable!

Recommended reading

As an online teacher, I always recommend additional material to my students with which they can expand their horizon. Here's a list of reading tips I've curated for you.

Heat Death of the Internet

A short column on the many ways the internet is getting worse. And a hint how we as a community can get the useful internet back. Fuel on the fire that drives me to enable people to take part in the indie web.

A simple manifesto for making good things

"There’s a problem out there that you can solve. I don’t know what it is, but with your skills and status and assets, you’ll be able to change the course of at least one person’s life. So do it."

Architecture Style : Modulith (vs Microservices)

An interesting approach of structuring an application as a collection of loosely coupled modules, each encapsulating a specific business capability or domain.

sudon't

The `sudo` command has come under heavy criticism. Alternatives like `sudo-rs` and `run0` have entered the scene. In this article, Tony Finch argues that many of the commonly stated reasons for using `sudo` don't really hold water.

The Ruby on Rail Podcast, episode 510: Burnout

Okay, it's not reading, but listen to this podcast. Dr. Katy Cook‘s advice will either help you deal with burnout or, if it’s not an issue for you yet, help prevent it.

Thanks for reading!

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Take care!
Jochen, the Monospace Mentor