how about blogging such things in dev.to? They seem a bit Mord focused in development :)
Ask HN: Should I blog on Medium for my open-source project, or self-host?
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Re: Ask HN: Should I blog on Medium for my open-source project, or self-host?
#22When I first started I installed SharePoint 2016 and had that running on a local server as my blog. Was all good until I noticed someone was pinging my local machines somehow. luckily I had Kaspersky Business Solutions installed as trial. I Shut everything down and went with blogger.
What's a sharepoint and how does kaspersky av relate to the question asked?
Re: Ask HN: Should I blog on Medium for my open-source project, or self-host?
#23I would prefer to keep a blog, probably using github project pages. It is more customisable (it's true medium offers a clean UI without any effort), and GitHub has given more proofs to stay alive for a long time. On GitHub pages, you own the content, and it's fairly easy to adapt to new platforms if you wish to change. If you wish to change from medium, is it easy?
Re: Ask HN: Should I blog on Medium for my open-source project, or self-host?
#24You might want to consider GitLab pages with your own domain/subdomain. This is the route I'd take if I was in your shoes.
Re: Ask HN: Should I blog on Medium for my open-source project, or self-host?
#25Use WordPress.com's hosted WordPress with a custom domain if maintenance is a concern. If you ever decide to go selfhosted, migration is seemless.
All the other hosted platforms frankly could stop working a year or two from now. Medium doesn't have a viable business model and probably won't get one, it's only a matter of time when it closes shop, like many other platforms before it.
Re: Ask HN: Should I blog on Medium for my open-source project, or self-host?
#26Medium.com is blocked in Malaysia. So you won't have any audience from Malaysia.
Re: Ask HN: Should I blog on Medium for my open-source project, or self-host?
#27When I first started I installed SharePoint 2016 and had that running on a local server as my blog. Was all good until I noticed someone was pinging my local machines somehow. luckily I had Kaspersky Business Solutions installed as trial. I Shut everything down and went with blogger.
Wow that's masochistic
Re: Ask HN: Should I blog on Medium for my open-source project, or self-host?
#28I recommend a static generator such as Jekyll [1]. If you want a boilerplate to get up and running quickly, i've put the source of my blog [2] on Github: https://github.com/metachris/jekyll-boilerplate
Re: Ask HN: Should I blog on Medium for my open-source project, or self-host?
#29When I first started I installed SharePoint 2016 and had that running on a local server as my blog. Was all good until I noticed someone was pinging my local machines somehow. luckily I had Kaspersky Business Solutions installed as trial. I Shut everything down and went with blogger.
What's a sharepoint and how does kaspersky av relate to the question asked?
Sharepoint is an online team collaboration tool that provides many features a team might need to run a company or project.
I think in this case it's overkill for what the OP wants.
Re: Ask HN: Should I blog on Medium for my open-source project, or self-host?
#30I recommend a static generator such as Jekyll [1]. If you want a boilerplate to get up and running quickly, i've put the source of my blog [2] on Github: https://github.com/metachris/jekyll-boilerplate [1] https://jekyllrb.com [2] https://www.metachris.com
Don't forget that you can also host jekyll blogs on github pages!