Ask HN: Best platform for a technical blog?

#1

Post by hallOfFameCity » Thu, May 10, 2012, 5:50 AM UTC

HN,

I am looking to start a technical blog and wanted to get some recommendations for what the best platform is for a technical blog. I notice that Wordpress, Tumblr, and posterous seem to be some of the more common ones. Any suggestions or insights?

Re: Ask HN: Best platform for a technical blog?

#2

Post by aymeric » Thu, May 10, 2012, 6:04 AM UTC

FunnelWeb http://www.funnelweblog.com/ especially if you are a .net developer.

Re: Ask HN: Best platform for a technical blog?

#3

Post by jonah » Thu, May 10, 2012, 6:56 AM UTC

Github?

Re: Ask HN: Best platform for a technical blog?

#4

Post by cheald » Thu, May 10, 2012, 8:02 AM UTC

Anything that lets you write. Pick a toolset you like and run with it.

Re: Ask HN: Best platform for a technical blog?

#5

Post by omgmog » Thu, May 10, 2012, 8:23 AM UTC

Github pages + some form of Jekyll

Jekyll Bootstrap is easy to setup - http://jekyllbootstrap.com/

You can use a custom domain with Github pages too, I'm using Jekyll for my blog - http://blog.omgmog.net

Re: Ask HN: Best platform for a technical blog?

#6

Post by mmccomb » Thu, May 10, 2012, 11:38 AM UTC

I've just moved my personal blog from a hosted Wordpress solution to a self-managed virtual server running Octopress. It's not for everyone but it's lightweight, static (fast) and allows markdown editing which I love.

Re: Ask HN: Best platform for a technical blog?

#7

Post by apsurd » Thu, May 10, 2012, 9:22 PM UTC

I'm making http://ruhoh.com (static blogging engine) with a priority on technical blogging. It's still beta so not feature complete, but I push weekly =)

Re: Ask HN: Best platform for a technical blog?

#8

Post by mixonic » Thu, May 10, 2012, 10:24 PM UTC

I built Spinto, which is pretty good for technical blogging:

http://www.spintoapp.com

Git + Jekyll + pre-processors like Scss & CoffeeScript. Pygments-based syntax highlighting, and a web interface for writing content without Git if you don't want to. It's in beta now, and it's getting better all the time. WYSIWYG blogging and asset management are big next-step features before exiting beta.

Anyway, I'm bootstrapping it, and I'd love to hear your feedback! Give it a try. matt@spintoapp.com

Re: Ask HN: Best platform for a technical blog?

#9

Post by NameNickHN » Thu, May 10, 2012, 11:33 PM UTC

What exactly are your requirements? "Technical blog" seems a bit vague.

Re: Ask HN: Best platform for a technical blog?

#10

Post by hallOfFameCity » Fri, May 11, 2012, 6:56 AM UTC

omgmog wrote: post #5

Github pages + some form of Jekyll Jekyll Bootstrap is easy to setup - http://jekyllbootstrap.com/ You can use a custom domain with Github pages too, I'm using Jekyll for my blog - http://blog.omgmog.net

I really like the look of jekyll bootstrap. I think I'll be looking into it. Your blog looks great!