If I were ever to build a blog from scratch, I'd follow the guidelines based on what features I prefer over others. I built shedtheshade.com few years ago, and

If I were ever to build a blog from scratch, I'd follow the guidelines based on what features I prefer over others. I built shedtheshade.com few years ago, and learnt a few things about blogs along the way. Here are my takeaways: - Substack is great for starters - Mailing should be always included with blog config for best results - If a blog is updated, best way is to make sure changes are reflected in real-time as it can do a lot of damage. - People(and crawlers) don't tend to wait for a lot of time, make sure it is fast for at least first paragraph loading in few seconds - Understanding about Readability in modern society is important - Media hosts should be served via CDN - Comments should be independent to blog post db because it's the only user entered content with possiblity of getting your blog hacked Hence the best way would be: - Some SSG (preferably SEO optimised) - Backend API on CF Workers - Websockets for Blog Update - Some DB (Preferably NoSQL for Posts and SQL for User Acc. info) - Additional Layer of CDN - API for Top or Suggestive Posts - Editor.js for Editing