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I host mine on Digital Ocean. I commit the code to github, dev branch is deployed to stg.mydomain and master is deployed to mydomain. In terms of deployment, I

I host mine on Digital Ocean. I commit the code to github, dev branch is deployed to stg.mydomain and master is deployed to mydomain. In terms of deployment, I use Caddy which, with ~3 lines of config will auto-TLS your site using Lets Encrypt, and handle renewing the certs for you each month. Caddy also automatically pulls your changes, builds them with hugo and deploys them with ~2 more lines of config. It's the easiest solution (as a developer) I've come across where I just commit to Github and my blog is updated, and Caddy deals with my cert renewals.

pc86 9y ago
Assuming your blog is technical, this would have been a good chance to get some more traffic by at least mentioning the actual domain, linking to the github repo, or having one or both of those in your profile. Edit: Not sure why this has been met with a stream of downvotes. Is there something wrong with saying "I use a different approach to publish this blog: [link]," especially if it's technical and would be of interest to HN anyway? I see many people do it constantly, even when it's not relevant to the article or discussion at hand. Edit 2: I don't generally care where a post is but this went from -2 to +6 pretty quickly. Weird?
- kaushalmodi 9y ago
  How do you down vote on HN?
  - pc86 9y ago
    There is a karma threshold before you can see the down vote arrow (underneath the up vote arrow). It was 200 when I got it, it may be up to 500 by now? I don't think they publish the number.
    - tomsmeding 9y ago
      I'm between 200 and 300 and can't downvote, so they seem to have increased the threshold.
    - mmirate 9y ago
      Right, that's why I recently started checking people's profiles before posting a dissenting reply, and not making the reply if they've enough karma to downvote me.
      - pc86 9y ago
        You can't down vote direct replies.
        mmirate 9y ago
        Damn. Guess I'll have to stick to flagging them. Thanks for the info though.
      - dsr_ 9y ago
        If you care deeply enough about fake internet points to go to that much trouble, IMHO, you're doing it wrong. Are you feeling picked-on because of what you're saying, or how you're saying it?
        kuschku 9y ago
        I, for example, speak english as second language, and frequently a comment of mine is read more aggressively than I meant it, so it ends up at -10 or worse, even when being factually correct. So I’m reducing my activity on HN in general as far as possible, and only post as uncontroversial opinions as possible, because I fear that going against the established opinion would just get me downvoted again.
        grzm 9y ago
        > frequently a comment of mine is read more aggressively than I meant it This is a common occurrence. Written communication involves both the writer and the reader(s), and unfortunately that results in losing other channels of communication such as intonation and body language. I think written communication is a skill that can be improved with purposeful practice if you think it's worth your time (and to be fair, whether or not one considers posting on HN personally valuable is not a given :). It sounds like it's at least a little important to you. I personally think the effort is worthwhile in general, as it's useful to know how one comes across in various media, and particularly if you feel you have something valuable to contribute. I've got a few resources in my profile that I find useful to return to—and have, repeatedly done so to deepen my internalization of them. I'd encourage you to take a look and see if they might be useful to you as well. Edit to add: I hadn't read this entire thread before responding. 'mikekchar has captured a lot of what I also think about in their comment here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15234749 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15234749
    - wolfgang42 9y ago
      I got mine when I surpassed 500 a few months ago.
- option_greek 9y ago
  "Edit 2: I don't generally care where a post is but this went from -2 to +6 pretty quickly. Weird?" Probably I can answer that :) I noticed that when one of my posts get down voted even when having a neutral comment, it swings back to positive fast when touching -1 or -2. I guess that the gray comment takes a while for HN'ers to notice as down voted. And when they find that there is nothing wrong with it or they actually like it, many people simultaneously click the upvote swinging it back wildly to positive zone. It is HN's own version of 'universe making right what it deems as correct' :D
  - pc86 9y ago
    That is probably it. I sometimes underestimate just how many people are looking at any given thread simultaneously.
  - bluetwo 9y ago
    I think we need to clarify what a down vote is... My assumption was it was to flag something mean or off topic. Now People seem to use it to say "I disagree with your opinion but am too lazy to express my own".
    - j_s 9y ago
      Ask HN: Why has the downvoting timelimit been reduced? | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12330029 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12330029 (Aug 2016) TL;DR: I think it would be a big mistake to [...] outlaw downvoting for disagreement - dang (HN mod)
      - dhimes 9y ago
        Yeah pg agrees with that. In the early days downvoting for disagreement was discouraged among the heavier users, but things change.
  - rdiddly 9y ago
    "Defensive upvoting," you might call it. I've certainly done it. I've also seen many of my own comments go up and down quite a lot as the upvoters & downvoters battle it out. (Eventually they tend to settle on a solid "meh.")
curun1r 9y ago
> It's the easiest solution (as a developer) I've come across where I just commit to Github and my blog is updated I'm not sure how that's easier than GH Pages or Netlify and both of those have the bonus of being free, HA and don't require that you monitor anything for uptime.

pc86 9y ago

Assuming your blog is technical, this would have been a good chance to get some more traffic by at least mentioning the actual domain, linking to the github repo, or having one or both of those in your profile. Edit: Not sure why this has been met with a stream of downvotes. Is there something wrong with saying "I use a different approach to publish this blog: [link]," especially if it's technical and would be of interest to HN anyway? I see many people do it constantly, even when it's not relevant to the article or discussion at hand. Edit 2: I don't generally care where a post is but this went from -2 to +6 pretty quickly. Weird?

kaushalmodi 9y ago
How do you down vote on HN?
- pc86 9y ago
  There is a karma threshold before you can see the down vote arrow (underneath the up vote arrow). It was 200 when I got it, it may be up to 500 by now? I don't think they publish the number.
  - tomsmeding 9y ago
    I'm between 200 and 300 and can't downvote, so they seem to have increased the threshold.
  - mmirate 9y ago
    Right, that's why I recently started checking people's profiles before posting a dissenting reply, and not making the reply if they've enough karma to downvote me.
    - pc86 9y ago
      You can't down vote direct replies.
      - mmirate 9y ago
        Damn. Guess I'll have to stick to flagging them. Thanks for the info though.
    - dsr_ 9y ago
      If you care deeply enough about fake internet points to go to that much trouble, IMHO, you're doing it wrong. Are you feeling picked-on because of what you're saying, or how you're saying it?
      - kuschku 9y ago
        I, for example, speak english as second language, and frequently a comment of mine is read more aggressively than I meant it, so it ends up at -10 or worse, even when being factually correct. So I’m reducing my activity on HN in general as far as possible, and only post as uncontroversial opinions as possible, because I fear that going against the established opinion would just get me downvoted again.
        grzm 9y ago
        > frequently a comment of mine is read more aggressively than I meant it This is a common occurrence. Written communication involves both the writer and the reader(s), and unfortunately that results in losing other channels of communication such as intonation and body language. I think written communication is a skill that can be improved with purposeful practice if you think it's worth your time (and to be fair, whether or not one considers posting on HN personally valuable is not a given :). It sounds like it's at least a little important to you. I personally think the effort is worthwhile in general, as it's useful to know how one comes across in various media, and particularly if you feel you have something valuable to contribute. I've got a few resources in my profile that I find useful to return to—and have, repeatedly done so to deepen my internalization of them. I'd encourage you to take a look and see if they might be useful to you as well. Edit to add: I hadn't read this entire thread before responding. 'mikekchar has captured a lot of what I also think about in their comment here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15234749 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15234749
  - wolfgang42 9y ago
    I got mine when I surpassed 500 a few months ago.
option_greek 9y ago
"Edit 2: I don't generally care where a post is but this went from -2 to +6 pretty quickly. Weird?" Probably I can answer that :) I noticed that when one of my posts get down voted even when having a neutral comment, it swings back to positive fast when touching -1 or -2. I guess that the gray comment takes a while for HN'ers to notice as down voted. And when they find that there is nothing wrong with it or they actually like it, many people simultaneously click the upvote swinging it back wildly to positive zone. It is HN's own version of 'universe making right what it deems as correct' :D
- pc86 9y ago
  That is probably it. I sometimes underestimate just how many people are looking at any given thread simultaneously.
- bluetwo 9y ago
  I think we need to clarify what a down vote is... My assumption was it was to flag something mean or off topic. Now People seem to use it to say "I disagree with your opinion but am too lazy to express my own".
  - j_s 9y ago
    Ask HN: Why has the downvoting timelimit been reduced? | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12330029 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12330029 (Aug 2016) TL;DR: I think it would be a big mistake to [...] outlaw downvoting for disagreement - dang (HN mod)
    - dhimes 9y ago
      Yeah pg agrees with that. In the early days downvoting for disagreement was discouraged among the heavier users, but things change.
- rdiddly 9y ago
  "Defensive upvoting," you might call it. I've certainly done it. I've also seen many of my own comments go up and down quite a lot as the upvoters & downvoters battle it out. (Eventually they tend to settle on a solid "meh.")

curun1r 9y ago

> It's the easiest solution (as a developer) I've come across where I just commit to Github and my blog is updated I'm not sure how that's easier than GH Pages or Netlify and both of those have the bonus of being free, HA and don't require that you monitor anything for uptime.