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About Me

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Why did I create this site?

  • I created this site to share information about topics that interest me, for example, Neovim, Linux, Obsidian, Docker, Kubernetes, networking, macOS productivity tools, etc.
  • Its purpose is to share knowledge that I’ve found useful across the years, also accept other points of view/suggestions from people in the same path, I’m always interested in learning other ways if I can optimize my processes.
  • I’ve come across many blogs in the past in which I find the answers I was looking for, so trying to give something back, hopefully, someone finds it useful.
  • You can also subscribe to my RSS feed if you’d like to find out what I’m up to.

Is the blogpost my main medium?

  • No, the blogpost at the moment is not the main thing I do, it is complimentary to my YouTube channel. Usually each article is related to a video
  • So if you have questions related to an article, watch the video. Here’s my YouTube channel

Community-driven promotion

This was a good idea in theory, but never worked in practice, I’m just leaving the heading because I don’t want to deal with broken links.

I’m confused, is there more than 1 podcast?

  • Yes, I’m running more than 1 podcast, here’s a small comparative table
AspectLinkarzu PodcastLinkarzu CEOs Monthly Hangout
Who can chatAnyoneAnyone
EditingYes, streams are edited
and released publicly
after a few days		No, streams remain
public and unedited
Guest formatInterviews with creators
(Kovid Goyal, Sylvan Franklin,
DistroTube, etc.)		CEO YouTube members,
guests present services briefly,
then tech discussions
After liveRec turns members only
editing process starts		Recording stays public
immediately
Podcast?All podcast platformsYouTube Music.
Other platforms?
only if ≥2 CEOs join
GoalGet to know guestsSupport CEO memberships,
members gain exposure
discuss tech
LinksYouTube Playlist
YouTube Music		YouTube Playlist
YouTube Music
  • Read each section below to understand their differences

Linkarzu Podcast - Neovim, macOS, Emacs, Linux, Terminals, and more

  • This podcast is the first one, in which I interview other guests, like Kovid Goyal (Kitty Terminal creator), Sylvan Franklin (Vimothée Chalamet), DistroTube, etc.

Anyone is able to join the live stream and chat during these interviews

  • Questions and comments that will be read during the livestream, are YouTube super chats
  • Once the public livestream is over, the unedited and full version remains available for members only
  • Each one of them is edited nicely with its respective chapters, and then released FOR FREE to everyone a few days after.
  • Is it uploaded to Spotify and other podcasting platforms?
    • Yes, I upload them to all the major podcasting platforms
      • YouTube Music, Apple Music, Spotify, Amazon music, Deezer, etc
    • If for a strange reason the “linkarzu” podcast does not show in your podcasting app, let me know and I’ll add it
  • You can find all the episodes in this YouTube playlist:
  • Linkarzu Podcast - Neovim, macOS, Emacs, Linux, Terminals and more

What’s the “Linkarzu CEOs Monthly Hangout” Podcast

Anyone is able to join the live stream and chat during these calls

  • These videos are not edited, the live stream remains public and everyone can watch it right away.
  • What’s the goal?:
    • Make some money on the side, as YouTube ads pays me just pennies
    • Give people that can afford it, some exposure
    • This is a win-win situation and a way to mutually support each other. So if you want to become a CEO it helps me, but it also helps so you can share about your service. It can be anything
      • I’d advise your product is tech related, because we’ll be discussing tech related topics in the podcast
  • It’s really boring to listen to a podcast and just listen to people sell their products, is this what this is?
    • No, I hate sales videos as well, at the beginning of the video the guests share about their services.
    • After that we discuss interesting topics related to tech
  • Is this an audio thing only, since it’s a “podcast”?
  • Will these episodes be available on Spotify, Apple Music and all the other platforms?
    • I was planning on doing so, but to create multiple podcasts on my hosting solution rss.com I have to increase the monthly payment from $15.99 to $24.99
    • I already pay the $15.99 out of my pocket, so not planning on increasing that.
    • Buuuuut, if 2 or more CEOs join, I’ll gladly pay the extra fee.
    • This means more exposure to the CEOs, not only on YouTube but other platforms

Where can I see future interviews and how can I chat in them?

You’re a fraud, why do you ask for money, isn’t YouTube Ads enough?

  • I was asked this in this reddit post in a very rude manner, calling me a fraud and all that good stuff
  • The comment was deleted by the same user after my reply, but:

Here’s what I replied (grab your popcorn)

Now, joking aside, for other folks reading this, I do 100% agree that I owe these interviews to my guests, I can’t thank them enough. Prot and many of the other guests have dedicated years of their life into researching and figuring stuff out, to then share it with all of us in an easy way to understand. That is just priceless, all of that work and dedication, that is usually tied to paid education and years of experience, just being shared with us. So I admire and have so much respect for the guests.

The reasons I do the interviews are:

  • I want to learn about these topics and I do so from people that I admire
  • I want to share the topics with my audience
  • I want to share a bit of my audience as well with the guest, so they can subscribe and support the guest. Although my audience is quite small, but still there’s some that recognize and appreciate the guests.

It may seem that there’s not much work done on my side to publish these videos. So I’ll try to explain a bit. Not for the person that started the thread, but for other folks that actually think it’s just about hitting record, posting, and then receive the big bucks in your bank account living the influencer lifestyle:

  • There’s looking for the guest, reaching out and ask if they agree to an interview
  • Scheduling the call and making sure timezone is not an issue
  • Setting up the environment that allows both the guest and me to share our screen, my interviews are mo dynamic compared to stuff currently out there. Figuring this out and coming up with a system that works, took me months of work.
  • Coming up with topics and questions to discuss
  • Setting up the live stream on youtube, announce it on social media and discord
  • Editing the video and add nice chapters to it. This means watching the entire thing, removing extra noises, or parts that shouldn’t be in there, adding credits, images, animations, highlights section, etc.
  • Several times I export the guests audio track, process it in the “Auphonic” tool to clean it up and “increase the quality a bit” (this is a paid service)
  • Create a thumbnail, video description, and the rest of the YouTube related items
  • In some cases, manually editing the captions in several hour long videos.
  • Share the edited video in social media, discord, sometimes reddit
  • Reply to comments on YouTube
  • And the cycle starts over
  • I’m not complaining, I love doing this, but keep in mind I’m a 1 man band, I do everything by myself, from start to finish. And keep in mind that I have a daytime job, wife, kids, responsibilities and I’m the single provider in my house. So all of this has to be done in my spare time, usually really early in the morning (6am) or when my work shift ends
    • Shout out to my wife, because without her taking care of most of the house related items, nothing would be possible. I wouldn’t even have a YouTube channel to begin with, because she facilitates things so I can pursue this “dream” that at the moment gives me a few dollars every month. That is not even relatively close to help supporting my family.
    • And double shout out because she blindly believes in me and supports me 100%, she says, as long as it makes me happy
  • I have a video (for my members only) in which I show how much I made off of YouTube in the 1st year of having a channel. Yeah, shameless plug, but needless to say, it’s not what you would expect or what you have in mind.
  • So even if it may not look like it, I put a lot of work on my end too.

Now regarding my communication skills, I 100% agree, I’m not the best host. English is not my first language and I’ve never studied anything related to communication or media. I’m just a network engineer that’s trying to learn and share what I can, with the hope that some day, doing this, will actually support my family.

Yeah, I get it, sounds like a lot of drama, but I just want to educate people that really wonder what happens behind the scenes.

What’s the best way to support me? (pick one)

  • As I shared above, YouTube is just a hobby right now, it does not provide for my family. My daytime job does.
  • The end goal is supporting my family doing what I do, which is sharing good quality content that helps the audience and me grow
  • So to support me, the best way is with a recurring option. As bills are not a one time thing and supporting the family is something that needs to be done every month
  • Here are my recommendations, preferred at the top

1. Become a YouTube member

  • There’s different tiers, each one with different perks:
    • You can watch all the interviews live and ask questions
    • Access to member only videos and courses
    • Name shown in credits
    • And more
  • Link to become a member
  • YouTube keeps 30% of what you pay, but I don’t care, it feels like a more integrated experience for the user, and it allows me to share members only content in the same platform

2. Monthly Ko-Fi donation

  • Ko-Fi is like system to leave tips, I don’t have it tied to any benefits or anything similar. All the benefits are tied to YouTube
  • But you can donate if you want to support me
  • Link to donate in Ko-Fi

3. Buy Stuff at the Merch Store

If you like the shirt designs you see in my videos, you can get shirts, mugs, sweaters, and more at:

https://merch.linkarzu.com

4. Ko-Fi one time donation

People that support me (thank you)

  • In this list, you will find the people that support me with YouTube CEO and Executive Producer memberships.
  • One of the perks is to have their name listed here, so they get a bit of exposure and you get to know them, and consider using their services
  • If you want to become a YouTube member:

CEOs

Discord server

  • My Discord server used to be open to the public and grew to over 400 members, but I closed it after the age verification thingy started
  • Honestly, that probably was just an excuse, because It was taking some time to manage, especially because it slowly turned into a free support place instead of something sustainable for the channel.

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A bit about me

  • My journey in the IT world started when I decided to get my Cisco CCNA certification back in 2018. Then I realized that networking is just a small part of the landscape, so I’ve been trying to catch up to new technologies ever since.
  • I adapt quickly and connect the dots to understand how things work. If I don’t know an answer, I’m not going to pretend I know and give you false information, I’ll tell you to give me some time and come back with something useful. If for example I’m working with a docker container in a GCP VM, I’ll document the whole process in case I need to re-do it.
  • I love taking notes, let’s say for example I’m learning to deploy WordPress
  • I used to manage my notes in Google Docs but it’s too slow to load, so migrated all my notes to Obsidian, so now everything is handled as markdown files and automatically uploaded to my private GitHub repo.

Contact information

  • For collaborations or sponsorships:
    • Name: Christian Arzu
    • Email: admin@linkarzu.com