If I would start a blog, right now I would use Gatsby + Markdown + own domain. Using free repository hosting and static cloud hosting which in many places is also free. Basically for 10$/year and occasional backup you would have a platform and service independent blog which can easily be migrated wherever you want. Aware that for these you need some basic tech skills indeed.
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#22For personal blog: 11ty + travis ci + github pages.
Its easy way to write and publish content.
Just checkout git repo, write posts with your favourite editor and push changes to github - thats all.
Previously, I've being using Wordpress and Ghost. Both were real nigtmare to manage.
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#23If I would start a blog, right now I would use Gatsby + Markdown + own domain. Using free repository hosting and static cloud hosting which in many places is also free. Basically for 10$/year and occasional backup you would have a platform and service independent blog which can easily be migrated wherever you want. Aware that for these you need some basic tech skills indeed.
Do you work on React/etc. on a regular basis?
I attempted to use Gatsby for a personal blog/knowledge base-style setup and was immediately turned off by the seemingly immense overhead involved (React, CSS-in-JS, GraphQL).
I ended up with Vuepress instead and I'm happy (so far, anyway); a big draw is that it doesn't really require any Vue knowledge to get up and running.
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#24I've got a blog nobody reads that I host with Netlify. It's just a simple Hugo-based static site.
link?
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#25I've got a blog nobody reads that I host with Netlify. It's just a simple Hugo-based static site.
link?
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#26Vuepress → Github actions → static site deployed to GCP/Storage. Writing Markdown in VSCode is _significantly_ better than all the online editors I've tried.
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#27I wrote a blog post about that: https://letterstoanewdeveloper.com/2019/10/14/how-to-start-b... But the short answer is: wherever is easiest. I find setting up a wordpress.com blog (free) easiest, but medium or dev.to are good as well. Don't let your desire to find the perfect platform inhibit your writing. The hard part about writing is the writing, not the platform. As a developer, I find it easy to get tangled up…
> Don't let your desire to find the perfect platform inhibit your writing. The hard part about writing is the writing, not the platform. This is why the vast majority of my writing is on paper, never to be published. The act of writing helps me order my thoughts, and that’s much easier to do if I can be confident they’re only for me.
100% agree that writing clarifies my thoughts.
I will say there's sometimes additional clarification that occurs if I'm going to publish something (internally or to the world). I find that makes me aim for that extra bit of polish or certitude.
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#28Your own blog first if not for any other reason then the fact that you own it and are not at anyone's whims but your own. I used it as an excuse to get Ghost up and running in my Kubernetes cluster. Win-win.
Then push content out to Medium, dev.to, Twitter, etc if you're looking for more of an audience.
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#29Always always always own your own content. Don’t post on medium often (might be worth it to build a following).
I post exclusively on my own Wordpress blog hosted on vultr for $5/month. If you aren’t a developer I’d recommend some self service option.
To build a following perhaps try twitter, Reddit, and medium. There’s also probably locations to post short stories I’m unaware of
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#30Write Everywhere. Write on Medium and Your Blog Write on Substack. Write on Amazon Publishing
Do you write the same content (cross post)? Or do you write unique content for each platform? If so, how do you decide which platform for which piece of content?