A hands-on series by Open Minds Club where we deploy open source alternatives to popular cloud services, live, together.

Each session: introduce a tool, explain why it matters, then deploy it from scratch using Coolify.

• Free is not free. You pay with your data. Your files are scanned, your usage is profiled, your behavior is sold to advertisers.
• Platform dependency is a trap. Google has killed over 250 products. If they kill one you depend on, you lose everything. Your account can be locked with no warning and no human support. Free tiers shrink, features get paywalled, all without asking you.
• You do not own your data. When you store files on Google Drive or notes on Notion, you rent access under someone else's terms. They can change the terms, scan your files, train AI on your content, or shut down entirely.
• Your money funds things you might not support. Google's Project Nimbus provides cloud and AI services to the Israeli military. AWS hosts infrastructure used in surveillance and military operations. Every subscription, every gigabyte you store, is revenue that funds those contracts.
• It costs almost nothing. A VPS starts at $3-5/month, less than Google One, iCloud+, or Notion Pro. Most open source tools run fine on minimal hardware.
• It matters even more in Algeria. Limited access to international payment methods makes paid tiers hard or impossible. A cheap VPS sidesteps payment barriers entirely.

Each session folder contains:

• slides.md: Marp presentation (dark theme, ready to present)
• slides.html: Rendered standalone HTML (open in any browser)
• deployment.md: Step-by-step live demo reference

npm install -g @marp-team/marp-cli
marp session-01/slides.md          # interactive preview
marp session-01/slides.md --html   # export to HTML
marp session-01/slides.md --pdf    # export to PDF

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