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In 2021? I'd prefer serverless and low-code. If I only need a blog (and not a website) I'd consider posting on substack.com, dev.to, or hashnode.com instead. >
by ignoramous 5y ago
In 2021? I'd prefer serverless and low-code. If I only need a blog (and not a website) I'd consider posting on substack.com, dev.to, or hashnode.com instead.
> Easy to update: I usually post 1-2 pictures to social media each week, and I wanted adding a picture to my site to be as easy as posting it on any other platform... I could buy a domain and redirect it to my flickr, facebook, or instagram feed
There exists no-code apps that post your social media feeds to a weblog. One of the better ones I know is milkshake.app https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20154181 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20154181
> The best approach would be to have data separated from presentation as much as possible, i.e. for each model to just define a few fields such as: name, model type, image, etc., and use some kind of templates to present this data to the end user.
Low-code builders like onuniverse.com, glideapps.com, draftbit.com (mobile apps), and pory.io come to mind, though none of them let you publish websites via another provider.
> Longevity: since I would be putting in a lot of work, I wanted to be able to expand and maintain the site for at least 5-10 years without major overhaul.
Sound like serverless services like netlify.com, pages.github.com, vercel.com, pages.dev fit the bill to deploy the site to?
- vbezhenar 5y agoI would try to use github.com to host sources of the website and cloudflare pages to publish the website. It's completely free and probably as reliable and fast as possible.
- askonomm 5y agoThe person specifically mentions longevity and yet you mention a myriad of third-party tools to depend on.
- ignoramous 5y agoI don't see your point: The author settled on Jekyll, which is a third-party tool? Besides, they mean longevity in terms of having to maintain servers. Serverless abstracts away the server, and its maintenance along with it. More likely that Cloudflare would be here up-to-date with all the security, network, and hardware upgrades in 10 years time than a home server.
- choicenotchance 5y agoJekyll can be forked. Those tools that you mentioned, are paid.
- hyakosm 5y agoI like the satisfaction to manage my proper website and tools. It's like building it's own chairs, I could maybe find better furniture for a better price, but there is a pleasure to make its own things without depending on other services. It's a matter of choice, but for these reasons for a personal website without high availability requirements, I prefer servermore and high-code. =)