Add blog post re ElfHosted July 2023 report

Signed-off-by: David Young <davidy@funkypenguin.co.nz>

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+date: 2023-08-02
+categories:
+  - note
+tags:
+  - elfhosted
+title: July 2023 "Elf Disclosure" - 0.1% profitable, 99.9% growth remaining!
+description: The ElfHosted monthly report detailing changes for July 2023, and summarizing metrics, is now available!
+---
+
+# ElfDisclosure for July 2023 : GitOps-based SaaS now Open Source
+
+I've just finished putting together a progress report [ElfHosted][elfhosted] for July 2023. The report details all the changes we went through during the months (*more than I remember!*), and summarizes our various metrics (*CPU, Network, etc.*)
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+Of particular note here is that the GitOps and helm chart repos which power a production, HA SaaS, are now [fully open-sourced](https://elfhosted.com/open)!
+
+(Oh, and we generated **actual** revenue during July 2023!)
+
+Here's a high-level summary:
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+!!! warning "This post may not format nicely via RSS"
+    To make the amount of data presented below easier to parse, I've used mkdocs-material content tables to format / display data. This will probably not look good in a feed reader, so if what follows looks like a huge mess, view it in your browser instead!
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+=== ":moneybag: Spent"
+
+    :material-target: Focus | :material-calendar: June 2023 | :material-calendar: July 2023 
+    ---------|----------|---------- 
+    :material-cow: Cluster | $428 | $428
+    :material-cart: Store | $632 | $223
+    :material-test-tube: CI | $208 | $200
+    :material-cloud-cog: Cloud | $30 | $20 
+    :material-clock: Development[^2] | 146h / $21,900 | 124h / $18,600
+
+=== ":nerd: Tech stats"
+
+    :material-target: Focus | :material-calendar: June 2023 | :material-calendar: July 2023 
+    ---------|----------|---------- 
+    :fontawesome-regular-circle-user: Users | 14 | 48
+    :octicons-sign-in-16: Ingress | 24TB | 19.5TB
+    :octicons-sign-out-16: Egress | 1TB | 3.3TB
+    :material-dolphin: Pods | 478 | 619
+
+=== ":bar_chart: Summary"
+
+    :material-target: Focus | :material-calendar: June 2023 | :material-calendar: June 2023 
+    ---------|----------|---------- 
+    :material-trending-down: Total invested thus far | $23,200 | $42,669 [^1]
+    :material-trending-up: Revenue | $0 | $43 (0.1% of total invested!)
+
+More details and pretty graphs in the [report](https://elfhosted.com/open/july-2023/)!
+
+## Join us!
+
+!!! tip "Want to get involved?"
+
+    Want to get involved? Join us in [Discord][elfhosted/discord] and come and test-in-production!
+
+[^1]: All moneyz are in US dollarz!
+[^2]: Yes, that's a **lot**! This is the opportunity cost of focusing on ElfHosted rather than billable consulting work!
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