The Sharing

What The Sharing does

The Sharing is a privately operated, community-driven knowledge-sharing blog platform hosted at the-sharing.com. It enables individual developers and technology enthusiasts to publish and discover tutorials, deployment guides, and insights, with current content concentrated on the Laravel/PHP ecosystem, Docker-based production deployments, FilamentPHP admin panel customization, and web security implementations such as HTTP security headers.

The platform is built on a conventional LAMP-adjacent stack: Laravel running on PHP 8.3, MySQL for persistence, Nginx as the web server and reverse proxy, Docker for containerized deployment, and FilamentPHP for the admin panel. Notable in-house components include a SecurityHeaders middleware that hardens HTML responses with standard HTTP security headers and a TextInput-based date entry handler for FilamentPHP. The codebase reflects single-developer architecture choices rather than proprietary IP.

Commercially, The Sharing operates as a free, sponsor-supported platform. No paid plans, subscriptions, or paid services are publicly disclosed; the company relies on voluntary sponsorships, contact-driven inquiries, and community engagement via Facebook and Telegram for revenue. The only identified team member is Ros Socheath, a web developer and the primary content author. The business is registered/contactable from Cambodia (Innovation Tower, Digital City; +855 phone code; Asia/Phnom_Penh timezone) and serves a global audience through its self-serve web access, with no enterprise sales motion, no API, no mobile app, and no disclosed funding.

Name

The Sharing

Legal name

The Sharing

Website

https://the-sharing.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

The Sharing is a free, Cambodia-based blog and community platform where individual developers publish and discover technical tutorials on Laravel, Docker, FilamentPHP, and web security, supported by voluntary sponsorships rather than paid plans.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Online Knowledge-Sharing / Developer Content Platform

NAICS

Media Streaming Distribution Services, Social Networks, and Other Media Networks and Content Providers (516210)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Interest-Based Communities & Forums (BPAMABAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Community Hosting & Membership Platforms (MPACAJAF), Community/Group Chat Platforms (BPAMACAH)

Keywords

• Knowledge-sharing platform
• Developer blog content
• Laravel tutorials
• Web security guides
• Technical community site

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Personnel, Operations

Revenue model

1. Platform Operations: The Sharing operates as a free knowledge-sharing platform. The company does not appear to charge users for access to content or community features. The platform generates revenue through sponsorships and the site relies on sponsor support for operations.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

The Sharing is a free online blog and community platform that publishes technical tutorials, deployment guides, and web security articles focused on the Laravel, Docker, FilamentPHP, and Nginx ecosystem. It enables individual developers and technical writers to share and consume practical, production-ready content via article publishing, category/tag-based discovery, user authentication, and social sharing features.

Product overview

The Sharing is a single, unified blog platform focused on technology knowledge sharing. The platform centers on a blog system where articles are published covering topics such as Laravel development, Docker deployment, FilamentPHP, and web security. The primary product is the core blog platform itself, which includes user authentication (via email/password and OAuth providers), article management, and contact functionality.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• The Sharing Platform A knowledge-sharing blog platform that enables individuals to exchange insights, resources, tutorials, and stories on topics including technology, development, and web security. The platform features user authentication (email/password and OAuth providers), article publishing, comment capabilities, and category/tag-based content discovery for individual developers and tech learners.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• SponsorsminorOthersThe platform acknowledges sponsor support on its website, stating it is 'Proudly supported by our amazing sponsors who make this project possible.' However, no specific sponsor names are disclosed in the available source material.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Smashing Magazine: Established web design and development publication offering in-depth articles, tutorials, and books. Comparable as a developer/designer-facing publishing platform with sponsorship-driven revenue, but with a much broader editorial scope.
• Tuts+ (Envato): Network of tutorial sites covering web development, code, and design topics with paid courses and articles. Comparable to The Sharing's tutorial-first developer content model, though operated by an incumbent marketplace (Envato).
• SitePoint: Long-running web development tutorial and book publisher covering HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, and DevOps. Comparable to The Sharing's technical tutorial focus, though SitePoint operates at far greater scale with established books and courses.
• freeCodeCamp: Large non-profit developer education platform publishing in-depth tutorials and operating a massive learning community. Comparable as a knowledge-sharing community for developers, but operates at much greater scale and scope.
• Medium: Large-scale publishing platform hosting individual blogs and technology publications. Comparable as a content publishing/distribution platform, though Medium is a broad, general-interest platform rather than a developer-specialized community.

Direct peers

• Dev.to: Large open developer community for publishing articles, tutorials, and discussions. Directly comparable as a community-led knowledge-sharing platform for developers, but operates at much larger scale across all programming topics.
• Hashnode: Developer-focused blogging and community platform where engineers publish tutorials and articles. Directly comparable to The Sharing's blog and community model, though Hashnode targets the full developer stack while The Sharing focuses on the Laravel/Docker niche.
• Laravel News: A dedicated Laravel ecosystem news and tutorial site covering framework updates, packages, and deployment guidance. Closely comparable to The Sharing's Laravel/Docker deployment focus, though Laravel News also covers community news and package releases.
• Scotch.io: Tutorial site originally focused on Laravel and now broader web development, offering practical how-to guides and code examples. Directly comparable to The Sharing's tutorial-first approach for PHP/Laravel developers.

Emerging players

• LogRocket Blog: Developer-focused content hub attached to a frontend monitoring SaaS, publishing React, JavaScript, and broader web dev tutorials. Comparable as a developer education platform using content marketing for B2B tech sponsorship/lead-gen, though tied to a commercial product.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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