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by timwis
2501 days ago
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I agree with your sentiment and congrats on the launch. I have a few questions for feedback: 1. Why S3 rather than an entirely free service like netlify, github pages, or surge? 2. Isn't one of the main advantages of medium the discovery element? As a reader of medium, I get connected to articles from new authors based on my interests. As an author, readers are connected to me who may not have otherwise heard of me. |
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> Why S3 rather than an entirely free service like netlify, github pages, or surge?
I wanted to start with something that was simple and scalable. At one point I tried using github for hosting, but managing commits got a bit complicated. There are also some limitations on repository size. Although it wouldn't become an issue for a long time if images were uploaded to S3 and the content to github, I would have had to integrate with multiple platforms.
I am open to adding additional hosting solutions, but I wanted to launch to get a pulse on what folks would like those options to be.
> Isn't one of the main advantages of medium the discovery element?
This is definitely one of the main values that Medium has to offer. It's also not the only reason people want to share their thoughts. I wanted to offer the flexibility to own your content and not be locked in to a platform (All HTML files for your site remain in your control). There are a lot of ways to promote your content, if Medium happens to work best for some folks, It could be a good idea to cross post on Medium.
As Mead evolves, I'm open to making promotion of your content on other services easier and in as many cases as possible, automated.