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OP is running Ghost, which is an application. Of course OP could have chosen to use a static site generator but didn't in this case.
by shinryuu 2y ago
OP is running Ghost, which is an application. Of course OP could have chosen to use a static site generator but didn't in this case.
- satvikpendem 2y agoI'm curious why they chose Ghost when Markdown works just as well, and either way, I believe Ghost can still work via Vercel etc.
- 999900000999 2y agoI like Ghost. I took my monthly costs down from 30$ to 4$ HN tells me I'm still wasting money. I expect nothing less. Ghost is much easier to use than editing and commiting markdown files. I'm also able to create posts programmatically via an API. I guess this could all be done with Markdown too, but it would make things harder.
- satvikpendem 2y agoI used to use Ghost, so don't discount me as some "HN commenter." I switched to Markdown not for the cost but for the portability. It simply seemed easier to edit Markdown than to go into Ghost's editor for basically the same thing.
- 999900000999 2y agoSo I assume you edit markdown locally and then commit the files to Git which automatically builds into a static website? I'm doing certain things with the Ghost API that I don't think I can really replace with that.
- satvikpendem 2y agoYes I am. What are you doing with the Ghost API?
- 999900000999 2y agoI automate the creation of certain posts. Ultimately your not wrong, but I think Ghost is a great platform. If anything I like creating tools that I can share with others. If I want to invite friends to post on my blogs it'll take 30 seconds to provide a login and creating posts is very easy with Ghost. Getting non technical people to understand Git is a massive challenge I don't want to try again.
- satvikpendem 2y agoI see. Personally I don't let others write on my blog so I don't have the same use cases as you. If I had to, I'd ask them to just send me the Markdown file or text itself and I'd submit it via git myself.
- 999900000999 2y agoI'm always open to learning. Do you have any code to share which automates turning markdown to a blog site?
- satvikpendem 2y agoSearch for static site generators, there are many. Some of the famous ones are Jekyll, Hugo, etc, but I personally use NextJS with MDX: https://nextjs.org/docs/pages/building-your-application/configuring/mdx https://nextjs.org/docs/pages/building-your-application/conf...
- satvikpendem 2y agoI just saw this on Show HN, might be exactly what you're looking for: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41976673 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41976673
- 999900000999 2y agoThanks!
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