Update 1.0 - Excalidraw + Listmonk

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We hope all is well with you! The fall is the most beautiful time of year.

PSA: Don't get trapped on Canva

Canva is doubling their pricing in December. In classic software-as-a-service, they are holding your content hostage for massive pay bump to their executives.

Even if you have no intention of leaving Canva or don't pay for the service, we suggest you take the time to download your assets asap. The reason is that companies often will limit or make difficult the pulling of data from the platforms the more expensive they get (trapping you on them).

Instructions here.

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Excalidraw

If you are open to making the transition off Canva, we have a forever free alternative for you; excalidraw.

We are hosting a excalidraw instance to ensure that the current version remains free for you forever. We commit to keeping it updated.

Want to learn the system? Excalidraw has a youtube channel.

Deploy your own excalidraw app with instructions here.

Bonus - Listmonk

bnkops is currently testing listmonk. Listmonk is a replacement for Mailchimp or other software for newsletter/campaign management.

Can see instructions for getting it online on our server build out.

We can't recommend it hearidly until we use it for awhile however working well so far. Can see it backed into the repo.

Savings

These two software replacements combined save the average user:

Canva - $130 a year
Mailchimp - (minimum) $360 a year

The server stack is swiftly approaching a $1000 in monthly savings. All on a $150 used computer the size of a toaster and some good old fashioned work.