May 2021 Summaries

In May, DigitalOcean released several updates to expand its capabilities and support more regions and scenarios. Key updates include the availability of Storage-Optimized Droplets in SGP1, new base images available in control panel and via API, marketplace updates with preconfigured 1-Click Apps, updated Reserved IP API, improvements to the DigitalOcean Command Line Interface (CLI), and updates to the DigitalOcean Terraform Provider. Additionally, users can RSVP for DigitalOcean deploy 2021, a virtual conference on June 29th, which will feature deep dives into new products, power use cases with practical takeaways, live interactions with speakers and technical experts, and more.

DigitalOcean is hosting its signature conference, deploy, on June 29th to celebrate, educate, and connect builders from around the world. This year's focus is on helping small businesses and startups scale on the cloud with a lineup of presentations from community members, engineers, customers, and other experts. The event will feature live Q&A sessions and an active Discord server for attendees to engage with each other and DigitalOcean team members. Registration details are provided in the article.

DigitalOcean has introduced a new website for its technical documentation that consolidates tutorials, product details, sample code, and references in one place. The site also features an evergreen API reference generated from the source code and based on the OpenAPI v3 spec for the DigitalOcean API. Additionally, the new docs.digitalocean.com site is built on DigitalOcean App Platform, a fully managed platform to build, deploy, and scale applications quickly. The company plans to improve content, address customer feedback, and create a "Samples" section with official reference implementations for popular use cases and common third-party integrations.