[cannolicannon]

> "This website used to be hosted by asmallorange. When I became dissatisfied, all I had to do was to open an account on hostgator, upload my html files, and change the DNS entry"

At the risk of being pendantic, asmallorange and hostgator are owned by the same entity[0].

That said, I like the premise of just writing and producing content and not necessarily worrying about setting up tooling. I think devs, and "geeks" in general, tend to enjoy tinkering with tooling, but it can be daunting for the less tech savvy. I suppose that's why things like Wordpress.com exist.

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endurance_International_Group

[shanebellone]

I self-host a minimal CMS that checks the post folder for an HTML file. I prefer the flexibility of laying each page out for the content it contains.

The more I learn, the more features look like training wheels and training wheels like restraints.

[malfist]

A small orange sure has changed. It used to be dirt cheap crappy shared hosting. Now it's expensive compared to just getting a full VPS nearly anywhere else.

Their VPS offering is $55/month and is comparable to digital ocean's $18/month.