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While it doesn't seem very popular in Hacker News, I think WordPress [1] is an excellent platform for a blog. The community is terrific, there is a tremendous a

While it doesn't seem very popular in Hacker News, I think WordPress [1] is an excellent platform for a blog. The community is terrific, there is a tremendous amount of documentation out there, and it is entirely customisable. If you go with the managed hosting route, most companies handle security and updates for you, so you can focus on writing and leave everything technical to someone else. I am working on one myself — and have a private beta running, if you are interested [2], —, but of the top of my head, some companies that will go above and beyond as far as WordPress is concerned, include Kinsta [3], Pantheon [4] and Presslabs [5]. The last one is based in Romania and open sourced a bunch of their stack, worth checking out. [1] https://wordpress.org https://wordpress.org [2] Just email me at help@madpony.co for information [3] https://kinsta.com https://kinsta.com [4] https://pantheon.io https://pantheon.io [5] https://www.presslabs.com https://www.presslabs.com

mraudiobook_com 7y ago
What is the benefit of wordpress over hosting yourself?
- chipotle_coyote 7y ago
  The OP's footnote for WordPress linked to wordpress.org, which suggests they meant the self-hostable software.
non-entity 7y ago
I think Wordpress is fine if you keep it maintained. I've just seen a ton of sites end up with malware, gaping security holes, etc. because the site owner didn't vet the plugins they were installing.
sneak 7y ago
Wordpress falls over under an even modest amount of traffic without jumping through a bunch of caching plugin hoops, it’s written in PHP, it requires dynamic hosting, and it regularly has major security issues. It’s not good.
- cweagans 7y ago
  IMO, the only reason that you gave that holds water here is that it requires dynamic hosting and that the resulting operational complexity just isn't worth it for a personal blog. Having to add caching plugins/config for a PHP CMS isn't out of the ordinary, being written in PHP is not in itself a negative point (modern PHP really doesn't suck). I will never, ever, ever advocate for running Wordpress for much of anything, but I would also argue that any nontrivial piece of software has a fair number of security issues and that Wordpress vulnerabilities are particularly visible because of how widely used it is and the public-facing nature of the software.

mraudiobook_com 7y ago

What is the benefit of wordpress over hosting yourself?

chipotle_coyote 7y ago
The OP's footnote for WordPress linked to wordpress.org, which suggests they meant the self-hostable software.

non-entity 7y ago

I think Wordpress is fine if you keep it maintained. I've just seen a ton of sites end up with malware, gaping security holes, etc. because the site owner didn't vet the plugins they were installing.

sneak 7y ago

Wordpress falls over under an even modest amount of traffic without jumping through a bunch of caching plugin hoops, it’s written in PHP, it requires dynamic hosting, and it regularly has major security issues. It’s not good.

cweagans 7y ago
IMO, the only reason that you gave that holds water here is that it requires dynamic hosting and that the resulting operational complexity just isn't worth it for a personal blog. Having to add caching plugins/config for a PHP CMS isn't out of the ordinary, being written in PHP is not in itself a negative point (modern PHP really doesn't suck). I will never, ever, ever advocate for running Wordpress for much of anything, but I would also argue that any nontrivial piece of software has a fair number of security issues and that Wordpress vulnerabilities are particularly visible because of how widely used it is and the public-facing nature of the software.