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by _kerbal_ 4095 days ago
The site is currently down for me (503). While we're talking about boring technology, please consider hosting your blog on a static file host + CDN. It will be faster, easier to maintain, and virtually impossible to take down.

[0] https://eager.io/blog/build-static-websites
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freehunter 4095 days ago
I see people recommend static sites in general, but I've recently done some research and couldn't find a static site generator that can give me a WYSIWYG editor in my browser. What I need is a blog that lets me edit posts from a PC, a tablet, or a phone, including picture uploads and one-click publishing. Everything I found either left the editing portion up to the user or said "just use WinSCP to upload your HTML/markdown".

I just went with Wordpress. My personal blog is not my job, I just want to write down my thoughts. What specific technology would you recommend to generate a static blog with a WYSWYG editor and picture uploads, on my own server (not S3 or some proprietary paid hosting)?

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qznc 4095 days ago
You could try to use Wordpress for generating a static blog [0]. ;)

More seriously, I work in vim+git all the time, so managing my blog with it feels natural to me. Editing in my favorite editor is more important than drag&drop image upload for me.

[0] https://wordpress.org/plugins/really-static/

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worklogin 4095 days ago
Just like the author, I don't have time to learn the ins and outs of new "local optima" technologies all the time. I want a static site generator that "just works". So yes, give me a Wordpress-style GUI for creating a blog, then "compile" it to a static site, then deploy.

Seems like all the static site generators have lots of directory structure conventions and hoops to jump through for simple things like pagination and dates.

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afarrell 4094 days ago
And at this point we are really talking about what fits naturally in our own hands. I use a documentation tool (mkdocs) for my blog, but that's because like GP, I prefer working in git+vim.
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wtbob 4094 days ago
I don't think git plus a text editor counts as a local optimum…

Well, git might on a time scale of decades. But I sincerely doubt we're going to see anything better in the text editor space than emacs and vi for the remainder of my professional career.

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benihana 4095 days ago
How snarky. According to the author:

    I'm fighting quota issues with my dumb host. I assure you migrating to something better is not my day job.
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