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Ask HN: What is the best way to author blogs in 2024?

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Re: Ask HN: What is the best way to author blogs in 2024?

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Post by nicbou »

pcranaway wrote: post #110
nicbou wrote: post #53

I run allaboutberlin.com for a living. I switched from Craft CMS to a homebrew static site generator (Markdown + Jekyll) and it was a game changer. Static sites are almost maintenance-free. They cost pennies to host. You work on your content using the tools that you love, if necessary offline. There are many excellent markdown editors and no CMS comes close. Everything is under source control and deploys with a push.…

thank you for making this site! i'm planning on moving to germany after i'm done with my studies and this will be pretty helpful do you have any other resources helpful for expats? (perhaps something more like adjusting to the social life, meeting people, etc) would sure be helpful to put it there

Everything I know, I put on the website. I never focused on the fun things, but I at least link to some of them in the "How to move to Berlin" guide.

Try following a few newsletters. I like that Berlin Events Weekly creates a Telegram channel so people can meet and attend events.

For things to do, Mit Vergnügen is pretty good.

Re: Ask HN: What is the best way to author blogs in 2024?

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Post by vladsiv »

BearGrass wrote: post #115
vladsiv wrote: post #23

I am using a simple Jekyll theme minimal-mistakes[0] which I customized to suit my needs. I'm hosting my blog[1] on GitHub Pages, the repo[2] is public so you can take a look and fork it if you find it interesting. The setup is really simple, straightforward, and no-cost. [0] - https://github.com/mmistakes/minimal-mistakes [1] - https://www.vladsiv.com/ [2] - https://github.com/VladimirSiv/VladimirSiv.github.io

My lack of knowledge has led me to only have heard of WordPress, but it feels cumbersome to operate, so I've been writing some 'draft' blogs locally. Thank you for letting me know about this solution; I've already started my first blog.

That's awesome! I am glad I helped. If you have any questions about the setup, please feel free to reach out. Also, when you get your blog up and running, let me know, I would like to check it out.

Re: Ask HN: What is the best way to author blogs in 2024?

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Post by Turboblack »

I can recommend you a simple and backwards compatible hosting http://web1.0hosting.net/

Web 1.0 Hosting - is an advanced static hosting with some predefined most necessary ready-made scripts, a smallweb project that makes it possible to access static websites from old devices such as retro computers, old operating systems, palmtops, and cellular phones as part of an initiative to save the old web and support the smallweb movement. Hosting of modern websites and the use of modern technologies are also permitted. There is also a search engine, web mail and web chat, working on both modern and legacy systems.

Re: Ask HN: What is the best way to author blogs in 2024?

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Post by vladsanchez »

nicbou wrote: post #81
Brajeshwar wrote: post #66

Earlier quoted context omitted.

All about Berlin is beautiful. I felt nice to know about the simple but powerful setup. I was all after CloudFlare pages with all the options a few years back and I experienced downtimes. I don't remember a single downtime in the last year or so with GitHub Pages. Of course, I use CloudFlare on top to greet the visitors.

Cloudflare has been really solid for me back in the CMS days. Now it's a little overkill on top of a static site, but it does speed up page load times for distant visitors. I tried Github Pages for another project and it's brilliant too.

Cloudflare Pages Is? Mind sharing the alternative? Thanks in advance.

Re: Ask HN: What is the best way to author blogs in 2024?

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Post by viking2917 »

Depends a bit on what you want to accomplish.

I use Jekyll/Minimal Mistakes/Github pages for product blogs, where I just want to broadcast information or have it available for people to find through search, and where I need to own and brand the domain name itself.

I use Substack for a few projects where I want a stronger relationship with the audience - commenting, automatic email list building and distribution, and easy/attractive formatting. I just keep the Substack free, and don't worry about the domain name (x.substack.com) is fine.

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