Thanks AWS Open Source

I would like to thank AWS Open Source for their support.

For some time, I am maintaining Planet for the MySQL Community, a blog / news aggregator for the MySQL Community/Ecosystem.  I am also maintaining a similar aggregator for the Valkey Community.

Maintaining blog / news aggregators is not free.  It incurs hosting, domain registration, and other costs (in addition to time, which I am volunteering).  To cover these costs, I set up a Buy me a Coffee page, but I was barely breaking even.

A few weeks ago, I applied to the AWS Open Source Credits Program, and I recently received the good news that my application was accepted.  AWS Open Source allocated me two years worth of hosting credits.  Thanks AWS Open Source for supporting Planet for the MySQL Community and Planet for the Valkey Community.  Please show your appreciation by following AWS Open Source on X, and check the website of Open source at AWS, or the blog AWS Open Source.  Also a special mention to Kyle Davis for suggesting applying to the program, and to Miaolai Zhou processing  my application.

I am keeping the Buy me a Coffee page online, but I did the following:

• I removed the Bronze (1$/month) membership (it had no subscriber);
• I shrunk the Silver and Gold memberships from 2 and 5$ per month to 1 and 2$.

This allows me to cover the other fees, and to accumulate enough funding to cover the costs of the aggregator for a year once the credits run out.  I still welcome new members and coffees, they allows me to guarantee the sustainability of the two aggregators.

In addition to being a member and offering coffees, you can support the news aggregator by following them on X (MySQL, Valkey), Mastodon (MySQL, Valkey) or the Mastodon Bridges on BlueSky (MySQL, Valkey).

Thanks again AWS Open Source for supporting Planet for the MySQL Community and Planet for the Valkey Community.