GitHub pages is a good choice. It's free, you can bind your own domain.
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?
#62It would be helpful to read Medium's Terms of Service before you make your decision.
Most websites have these conditions, but I've copied the most jarring ones below for what it's worth [0]:
> We can remove any content you post for any reason.
> We may change, terminate, or restrict access to any aspect of the service, at any time, without notice.
[0] https://medium.com/policy/medium-terms-of-service-9db0094a1e...
Re: Ask HN: Should I blog on Medium for my open-source project, or self-host?
#63Earlier quoted context omitted.
This is the only important point. The question is 1% technology and 99% audience.
I agree with this, BUT. I think when we say "audience", it can mean different things. For example, Medium has potential to bring a huge "instant" audience, but there's a difference between instant audience and long term audience. I just went and took a look at all the large open source projects, and they all have their own blog on their own domain. AND, what comes next is important. They have: 1. RSS feed button 2. L…
Medium has RSS support [0]. Although it has no place in the UI (as far as I know).
You could add a link to your RSS feed to the bottom of each post as a workaround, but this is far from ideal.
I agree that self-hosting + custom domain is better in this aspect.
[0] https://help.medium.com/hc/en-us/articles/214874118-RSS-Feed...
Re: Ask HN: Should I blog on Medium for my open-source project, or self-host?
#64If you don't mind all "" in your code blocks getting turned into unicode open/close quotes, and the lack of a markdown editor, then sure. Tab also doesn't indent. You can't use `code tags` for variables. Pre tags (code blocks) create a new paragraph instead of a line break ( ). So basically not a programming blog. You can create a gist and paste the link, but that's a terrible workaround.
I think you can copy and paste code and it keeps the double quotes intact.
Re: Ask HN: Should I blog on Medium for my open-source project, or self-host?
#65If its truly for just announcements, then evaluate several options and pick the simplest for you. Always remember that chances are very high that over time your goals for the blog will change and will outgrow your choice anyway.
If you are considering blogging for more than announcements and are new to authoring blogs, then I recommend "256 Bloghacks" by Yegor256 as a good starting point to know what to expect, and good ideas to consider. http://amzn.to/2i07fs2
Re: Ask HN: Should I blog on Medium for my open-source project, or self-host?
#66When 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?
Typed it up on my phone, so yea.
I have SharePoint Online through Office 365. I like SharePoint's blogging layout, but the only problem that I found eventually was that you can't share your blog publicly without have users create login.
My solution, install it on my home server running Windows 2016 and Kasperky Endpoint Security. So, I created a VM with Windows 2016 installed ShapePoint. Had everything setup and went a couple days, all good. I checked the Kasperky log and notice a high alert item that said (forgot name of attack, but they were scanning folders on parallel systems). I looked at IP location, was somewhere in South America, and I said to myself, "Screw this, I don't know enough about Internet Security" and I shut down the studio... and went with blogger.
Moral of story, if you self-host, make sure you know what you are doing.
Re: Ask HN: Should I blog on Medium for my open-source project, or self-host?
#67When 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
https://autospinstaller.com/
I mean, it wasn't all sunshine and daises... But, I was interested in learning how hosting my own blog, Windows Server 2016, and SharePoint worked.
Re: Ask HN: Should I blog on Medium for my open-source project, or self-host?
#68I 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
I really like the setup of your blog! It would be a very good start for me to get back into blogging.
Re: Ask HN: Should I blog on Medium for my open-source project, or self-host?
#69One thing to consider is if you're a good fit for Medium. The strength of Medium is that it's a platform with an audience, and your articles will get seen by people right away. I find Medium to be a bit of an echo chamber. You can see this in which articles get "liked" the most - lots of "edgy" articles and top ten lists. There are exceptions and there is some good content on Medium, but I found that I didn't really fit in with the average Medium user - and rightly so, I'm barely a Millennial, I'm becoming a cranky old guy and I'm probably not within their target market.
Re: Ask HN: Should I blog on Medium for my open-source project, or self-host?
#70I see a lot of answers saying "use both". Do you guys mean "Write the posts on a self-hosted site, then syndicate them to Medium and share those links on social media", as w1ntermute said? I'm curious how you can use both. if you have two sites and share both links, what links would people share? Doesn't this make it more confusing for sharers?
They'd share whatever link they have -- people who found it on Medium would share the the Medium link, people who found it on LinkedIn would share the LinkedIn link, etc. There's going to be fragmentation, but the actual consequences won't be so bad as long as you keep everything synced.