I agree, a git repo would be a good place. Another option if you are just creating a blog is NeoCities [1]
[1] - https://neocities.org/
Ask HN: Why are people publishing FAQs/articles on Medium instead of Gist?
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Re: Ask HN: Why are people publishing FAQs/articles on Medium instead of Gist?
#42If a technical article/blog, and thus assuming one has some technical understanding and cares sufficiently to spend 10 minutes per day maintaining it, why not setup a VPS and brand it under yourself (or company) which I'd imagine is well worth the $5 per month that Linode, DO, or others charge.
From the replies given, it seems that Medium facilitates monetization. I'm just curious to know how much that's actually worth vs. the public good.
Re: Ask HN: Why are people publishing FAQs/articles on Medium instead of Gist?
#43If gists had a UI update to even look like a decent Jekyll like blog it would be used, the UI also could gain a lot by improving on Medium's editor Anyone interested in getting this built?
I've got an idea that would require no code (at least for an MVP) based on some experiments I've done. I'd be open to having a conversation about the problem.
joel at joel dare dot com
Re: Ask HN: Why are people publishing FAQs/articles on Medium instead of Gist?
#44Earlier quoted context omitted.
I was interested in this but my first thought was "what happens the day that dev.to gets monetized ?" and my second one was "who owns dev.to ?". WRT the first one "Yes, you own the rights to the content you create and post on dev.to and you have the full authority to post, edit, and remove your content as you see fit." which on the surface seems a lot better than many crowd contributer situations. WRT the second one…
But dev.to already is monetized? They are not a charity. They are open source a d make money with job postings, sponsorships and sponsored posts.
Yes, from membership, shops and sponsorship. DEV.to are selling nice stuffs btw.
Re: Ask HN: Why are people publishing FAQs/articles on Medium instead of Gist?
#45I absolutely detest finding Medium articles in search results. Often they contain good knowledge which confuses me even more. For anyone unaware - it seems a lot of people must be, otherwise I don't understand why anyone would choose to publish there - this is the flow for most users trying to read your articles: - See a Google search result that goes to Medium - Click the link and start reading - Read the first two…
I don’t login. I just skip the article.