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Geoff Graham takes independent ownership of CSS-Tricks from DigitalOcean
CSS-Tricks publisher Geoff Graham said Monday he has taken independent ownership of the front-end site from DigitalOcean, which bought it from founder Chris Coyier in 2022.
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Front-end publisher Geoff Graham said Monday he has taken independent ownership of CSS-Tricks, ending DigitalOcean's run as owner of the tutorial site Chris Coyier founded in 20071.
Graham wrote that DigitalOcean bought CSS-Tricks from Coyier in 2022 and that he now has "the keys to the castle," making the site independent again and his full-time job after 12 years of working on it1. The site's About page lists him as publisher and dates the acquisition to 20261.
He said advertising will return in the form of display ads, sponsored posts and newsletter sponsors, and that he has opened memberships, a shop and a contact path for advertisers1. He also said he is developing an HTML and CSS course for beginners and that the newsletter is coming back after a long pause1.
Publishing will continue but at a slower pace, Graham said, with perhaps one or two articles most weeks as a backlog of guest pieces runs through the rest of the year1. He reopened the guest-writing form and said he would not accept AI-generated "slop" submissions1.
Graham said he does not plan to write most of the articles himself and described his role as publisher: helping writers develop a voice and giving them a platform1. Terms of the sale from DigitalOcean, including price, were not disclosed in the post1.
