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by lmpdev 326 days ago
I’m aware but the OP was about “Making websites”

I was mainly providing an alternate example to “over-engineering is the only source of complexity” train of thought this thread largely has

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To me it seems like a distinction without a difference.

If you can "make a website" by using a third-party provider but instead you opt into running wordpress on your own, you are still over-engineering.