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So there's a few things I'd take issue with here. Firstly, writing a static site with a little bit of CSS is easier than ever. Not only are there lots of neat C

So there's a few things I'd take issue with here. Firstly, writing a static site with a little bit of CSS is easier than ever. Not only are there lots of neat CSS files that will help you, but browsers actually are fairly good at functioining more or less the same. There was a time that writing corect CSS was a real art, but that's not really true as much today. Secondly, I think this is one of many examples of creating an incredibly complex solution to a trivial problem - the initial problem isn't a problem, and linking into an incredibly hefty cloud based system just seems nuts in my opinion. Finally, who exactly is looking to try and increase their dependence on google? I think part of my opinion comes from that latex/vim bent, where you're using very programmatic, specific idioms to get what you wrote, and if you're less comfortably with that then maybe you appreciate all the work of building some google docs based on monstrosity, but the more experience I've gained, the more I've learned to use the right tool for the job. Google docs isn't a blogging tool, so don't use it as one.

Certhas 6y ago
You misunderstood the problem. The important part is not writing the html, it's writing the text. This solution is centered around the best collaborative/cloud text editing that you can find for free. How does your solution address the scenario in the article of trying to work on the text of a post from a tablet? For me the Google dependency would be bothersome, but the reality is I still end up using Google Docs for authoring text collaboratively. (At least where Overleaf won't do)
- Traster 6y ago
  I just don't understand how that's a problem, you can write the text in google docs, and copy/paste it into an html file and stick in the tags if you really want. My point is that going from the content you want, to the static webpage you want is probably 2 minutes work at the very most, and if that's a significant chunk of the time it took you to write the blog, then I'm not sure why you're bothering to write the blog in the first place, just use twitter.

Certhas 6y ago

You misunderstood the problem. The important part is not writing the html, it's writing the text. This solution is centered around the best collaborative/cloud text editing that you can find for free. How does your solution address the scenario in the article of trying to work on the text of a post from a tablet? For me the Google dependency would be bothersome, but the reality is I still end up using Google Docs for authoring text collaboratively. (At least where Overleaf won't do)

Traster 6y ago
I just don't understand how that's a problem, you can write the text in google docs, and copy/paste it into an html file and stick in the tags if you really want. My point is that going from the content you want, to the static webpage you want is probably 2 minutes work at the very most, and if that's a significant chunk of the time it took you to write the blog, then I'm not sure why you're bothering to write the blog in the first place, just use twitter.