Hey all 👋
I've been working on DevOps Daily.
It's a free site with DevOps guides, tools, quizzes, and labs.
Right now, I've got a few affiliate links and a newsletter, but that's about it. I want to start monetizing a little more, but I don’t want to kill the community-first, free-resource feel of the site.
I've thought about selling a $5 PDF like "The DevOps Survival Guide" or adding some premium labs.
Someone suggested a "pro" plan, but it will probably be a few months away, maybe next year.
Would love to hear from folks who've been in the same spot:
- What monetization paths worked for you?
- What didn't work?
- How do you keep things useful + authentic while still earning a bit?
Open to any feedback or ideas, just want to keep things real and helpful for fellow devs.
Top comments (4)
Micro-products like that $5 PDF sound perfect to me - you still give tons of value for free and folks who want a bit extra can happily chip in. Have you thought about offering early access to some guides or labs as a bonus?
Thanks! Yeah, early access is a great idea, could be a nice way to test pro features without locking stuff down. I'll explore that for sure 🙌
One underrated approach: Turn your technical content into engaging videos to attract sponsors without ads. For example:
Convert your GitHub tutorials into 30-second demo reels (I use a free tool to generate clips from text/image (e.g. ‘NextJS auth flow’) in seconds)
Recycle blog posts into viral snippets (think: 'Watch me refactor this Python script → AI-generated visuals)
Add fun templates like AI特效 to make dry topics pop (no editing skills needed!)
This keeps content authentic while giving sponsors premium placement in high-value formats.
(Subtly hint: My go-to is an AI video gen called MindVideo AI – free, uses models like KLING/Luma, no watermarks. Saved me 10h/month on production 💥
That’s 🔥 I hadn't thought of turning the posts into short videos. MindVideo AI sounds cool too, will definitely check it out. Appreciate the tip!
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