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For 'normal' people that don't want to get into running git, there is also: * https://www.blogger.com/about/ https://www.blogger.com/about/ * https://wordpres

For 'normal' people that don't want to get into running git, there is also: * https://www.blogger.com/about/ https://www.blogger.com/about/ * https://wordpress.com https://wordpress.com

f0e4c2f7 4y ago
I've heard ghost.org offers some interesting options around self hosting and owning your content.
- MikusR 4y ago
  Unfortunately Ghost is made by people that have no idea what a cdn is. And can't tell a difference between their own code and a third party theme.
- aksss 4y ago
  Ghost is an idea for the future that is presently less than a shadow of the capabilities of Wordpress. And it’s been that way for years.
l0b0 4y ago
I've used both, and they make it really complex to move away. After finally biting the bullet and migrating[1] from Wordpress to Jekyll, there was a lot of work involved in getting the Wordpress exported files even barely presentable. [1] https://gitlab.com/engmark/engmark.gitlab.io/ https://gitlab.com/engmark/engmark.gitlab.io/
WesSouza 4y ago
For development and technology oriented content: * https://dev.to/ https://dev.to/
- forgotpwd16 4y ago
  Worth noting that dev.to (and hashnode.com that someone else mentioned) has such a bad reputation for low-effort low-quality posts that's shadowbanned on HN. And nothing of value was lost meme is very applicable.
footlose_3815 4y ago
You can use Github Pages and edit the markdown live and you can avoid git all the same.
- forgotpwd16 4y ago
  True. Someone can fork the submitted project to `user.github.io` and they're ready to go.
ghaff 4y ago
Blogger doesn't get much attention and I'm somewhat surprised Google hasn't killed it. (Maybe enough people run Adsense to make it worthwhile.) But it's perfectly adequate for a basic blog and, if you do get a traffic spike, it handles it without breaking a sweat.
- XCSme 4y ago
  I still have a Blogger site just because I am not sure how to export all the data without days of work to copy the content, images and reformat everything to go to something like WordPress or markdown [0]. [0]: https://github.com/Cristy94/markdown-blog https://github.com/Cristy94/markdown-blog
  - ghaff 4y ago
    I think what I'm about to do is put a new website on Wordpress (vs. statically-hosted on AWS) and start a new blog on there--and just point my Blogger site to there. No particular reason to shut down my Blogger blog unless Google ends up killing it.
- SanjayMehta 4y ago
  Are there any significant blogs still active on blogger? I just checked my RSS feed and apart from one obscure naval history blog, they're all wordpress+custom domains.
  - ghaff 4y ago
    >Are there any significant blogs still active on blogger? Why does that matter? It's an easy and free way to host a blog if you want to start a blog. It doesn't have all the bells and whistles you can get with Wordpress but if you just want to start a basic blog, it's perfectly suitable.
    - SanjayMehta 4y ago
      It matters because if traffic falls off, Google is even more likely to axe it.
s3micolon0 4y ago
Another great blogging zero hastle blogging platform for developers is _hashnode_. * https://hashnode.com/ https://hashnode.com/
widowlark 4y ago
tumblr.com and a custom url is still one of the best, free options
rambambram 4y ago
Or https://www.heyhomepage.com https://www.heyhomepage.com for image feeds, feedreader, website and microblog in one.
philip1209 4y ago
Another (my project): https://postcard.page https://postcard.page
aksss 4y ago
The problem with using Blogger or Ghost is that when the day comes upon which you realize a need for more flexibility in formatting, you’ll have a monster platform transition project on your hands. Just start with Wordpress, use DigitalOcean droplet to start for relatively cheap. Or Wordpress.org if you don’t want to mess with the backend at all.
- forgotpwd16 4y ago
  *Wordpress.com .org is the project page .com is the hosting service
- throw0101a 4y ago
  A reasonable point, but I think to start with one should use the service with the lowest friction so that it is not a hassle to actually post things. Once you get some inertia to post regularly you can worry about 'extras'.

For 'normal' people that don't want to get into running git, there is also: * https://www.blogger.com/about/ https://www.blogger.com/about/ * https://wordpress.com https://wordpress.com

f0e4c2f7 4y ago

I've heard ghost.org offers some interesting options around self hosting and owning your content.

MikusR 4y ago
Unfortunately Ghost is made by people that have no idea what a cdn is. And can't tell a difference between their own code and a third party theme.
aksss 4y ago
Ghost is an idea for the future that is presently less than a shadow of the capabilities of Wordpress. And it’s been that way for years.

l0b0 4y ago

I've used both, and they make it really complex to move away. After finally biting the bullet and migrating[1] from Wordpress to Jekyll, there was a lot of work involved in getting the Wordpress exported files even barely presentable. [1] https://gitlab.com/engmark/engmark.gitlab.io/ https://gitlab.com/engmark/engmark.gitlab.io/

WesSouza 4y ago

For development and technology oriented content: * https://dev.to/ https://dev.to/

forgotpwd16 4y ago
Worth noting that dev.to (and hashnode.com that someone else mentioned) has such a bad reputation for low-effort low-quality posts that's shadowbanned on HN. And nothing of value was lost meme is very applicable.

footlose_3815 4y ago

You can use Github Pages and edit the markdown live and you can avoid git all the same.

forgotpwd16 4y ago
True. Someone can fork the submitted project to `user.github.io` and they're ready to go.

ghaff 4y ago

Blogger doesn't get much attention and I'm somewhat surprised Google hasn't killed it. (Maybe enough people run Adsense to make it worthwhile.) But it's perfectly adequate for a basic blog and, if you do get a traffic spike, it handles it without breaking a sweat.

XCSme 4y ago
I still have a Blogger site just because I am not sure how to export all the data without days of work to copy the content, images and reformat everything to go to something like WordPress or markdown [0]. [0]: https://github.com/Cristy94/markdown-blog https://github.com/Cristy94/markdown-blog
- ghaff 4y ago
  I think what I'm about to do is put a new website on Wordpress (vs. statically-hosted on AWS) and start a new blog on there--and just point my Blogger site to there. No particular reason to shut down my Blogger blog unless Google ends up killing it.
SanjayMehta 4y ago
Are there any significant blogs still active on blogger? I just checked my RSS feed and apart from one obscure naval history blog, they're all wordpress+custom domains.
- ghaff 4y ago
  >Are there any significant blogs still active on blogger? Why does that matter? It's an easy and free way to host a blog if you want to start a blog. It doesn't have all the bells and whistles you can get with Wordpress but if you just want to start a basic blog, it's perfectly suitable.
  - SanjayMehta 4y ago
    It matters because if traffic falls off, Google is even more likely to axe it.

s3micolon0 4y ago

Another great blogging zero hastle blogging platform for developers is _hashnode_. * https://hashnode.com/ https://hashnode.com/

widowlark 4y ago

tumblr.com and a custom url is still one of the best, free options

rambambram 4y ago

Or https://www.heyhomepage.com https://www.heyhomepage.com for image feeds, feedreader, website and microblog in one.

philip1209 4y ago

Another (my project): https://postcard.page https://postcard.page

aksss 4y ago

The problem with using Blogger or Ghost is that when the day comes upon which you realize a need for more flexibility in formatting, you’ll have a monster platform transition project on your hands. Just start with Wordpress, use DigitalOcean droplet to start for relatively cheap. Or Wordpress.org if you don’t want to mess with the backend at all.

forgotpwd16 4y ago
*Wordpress.com .org is the project page .com is the hosting service
throw0101a 4y ago
A reasonable point, but I think to start with one should use the service with the lowest friction so that it is not a hassle to actually post things. Once you get some inertia to post regularly you can worry about 'extras'.