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Making a personal website is surprisingly hard. This article doesn't even go into meta tags, next-gen image formats, GDPR-compliant analytics, or how to add a n
by philip1209 4y ago
Making a personal website is surprisingly hard. This article doesn't even go into meta tags, next-gen image formats, GDPR-compliant analytics, or how to add a newsletter.
I want to see more personal websites in the world. So, I've been building Postcard [1] to make it easy to set up a personal website. Caching, opengraph meta tags, page-speed optimization - it's all built in. I'm working right now on making domain connection the smoothest experience possible.
[1] https://postcard.page https://postcard.page
- jagged-chisel 4y agoCan I self-host after building with this tool?
- philip1209 4y agoNo, it's a hosted product. It has dynamic components, like a mailing list, blog posts, RSS feed, dynamic OG images per-site and per-post, and more. If you want to self-host, check out this Next.js project from Tailwind Labs: https://tailwindui.com/templates/spotlight https://tailwindui.com/templates/spotlight
- manuelmoreale 4y agoI mean, you don’t really need meta tags, next gen image formats, gdpr analytics or a newsletter to have a personal website. I have a personal site that works just fine and I don’t have any of the things you listed. As for hard, I guess it can be incredibly easy or hard depending on how you want to look at the problem.