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This looks really nice. Can you share your reasons for building this? Also, maybe compare your vision of a blogging app with existing platforms. There are some
by spacepirate 9y ago
This looks really nice. Can you share your reasons for building this? Also, maybe compare your vision of a blogging app with existing platforms. There are some good open source blogging apps already available like https://ghost.org/ https://ghost.org/
- claviska 9y agoSure thing. I built Postleaf because I couldn't find any other open source platforms that featured inline editing. That was probably the main reason I started the project, but it soon evolved into "software should be smarter and beautiful." So, I spent a lot of time making sure Postleaf's design was polished from top to bottom. Then I added features that "just work" such as dynamic images. In short, dynamic images automatically make all your images responsive without any effort from the user. (No more 20MB page loads due to a novice user uploading a photo.) Another thing that annoys me to this day is when backups are complex and don't contain your uploaded files. Postleaf generates a single backup ZIP file, including simple JSON files of all data and all your uploaded files. To restore, you just upload the same ZIP file. I try pay a lot of attention to detail with Postleaf. In the end, I think the motto is really what Postleaf is all about: Simple, beautiful publishing.