Ask HN: Should I blog on Medium for my open-source project, or self-host? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: Should I blog on Medium for my open-source project, or self-host?

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Post by kzisme » Thu, Jan 05, 2017, 3:22 PM UTC

dalore wrote: post #44

metachris wrote: post #28

I 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

Does it automatically create an rss feed link also?

Easy to disable as well (same with the comment engine provided.

Re: Ask HN: Should I blog on Medium for my open-source project, or self-host?

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Post by Thomas_9 » Thu, Jan 05, 2017, 4:09 PM UTC

cholantesh wrote: post #50

Thomas_9 wrote: post #48

Talking about self-hosting blog, I am surprise nobody mentioned Bludit. I left Wordpress for Bludit a while ago and I am really happy. I even wrote an article about it : http://softwarebythomas.com/blog/post/Why-I-left-wordpress-f... !

That link seems to lead to a 404.

It is because it didn't included the !

Link :

http://softwarebythomas.com/blog/post/Why-I-left-wordpress-f...!

Re: Ask HN: Should I blog on Medium for my open-source project, or self-host?

#53

Post by Thomas_9 » Thu, Jan 05, 2017, 4:21 PM UTC

Thomas_9 wrote: post #52

cholantesh wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That link seems to lead to a 404.

It is because it didn't included the ! Link : http://softwarebythomas.com/blog/post/Why-I-left-wordpress-f... !

Argh!

Re: Ask HN: Should I blog on Medium for my open-source project, or self-host?

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Jan 05, 2017, 4:21 PM UTC

Thomas_9 wrote: post #52

cholantesh wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That link seems to lead to a 404.

It is because it didn't included the ! Link : http://softwarebythomas.com/blog/post/Why-I-left-wordpress-f... !

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Re: Ask HN: Should I blog on Medium for my open-source project, or self-host?

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Post by nnn1234 » Thu, Jan 05, 2017, 4:43 PM UTC

Use medium for discoverability and readability Use GitHub pages /Jekyll to keep inline with FOSS Ideal solution Host on GitHub pages with cross linking to custom domain medium post

Re: Ask HN: Should I blog on Medium for my open-source project, or self-host?

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Jan 05, 2017, 4:43 PM UTC

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Re: Ask HN: Should I blog on Medium for my open-source project, or self-host?

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Post by chuhnk » Thu, Jan 05, 2017, 4:49 PM UTC

I maintain both https://medium.com/microhq and https://blog.micro.mu for my OSS project Micro. Hosting on medium is a great way to increase readership, discovery and sharing. My recommendation is to definitely host on medium.

Re: Ask HN: Should I blog on Medium for my open-source project, or self-host?

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Post by cholantesh » Thu, Jan 05, 2017, 6:28 PM UTC

Thomas_9 wrote: post #53

Thomas_9 wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It is because it didn't included the ! Link : http://softwarebythomas.com/blog/post/Why-I-left-wordpress-f... !

Argh!

Hehe; no worries. You do make a compelling case in the post.

Re: Ask HN: Should I blog on Medium for my open-source project, or self-host?

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Post by tshannon » Thu, Jan 05, 2017, 10:41 PM UTC

metachris wrote: post #28

I 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

Another one (and my favorite) is http://gohugo.io/

Re: Ask HN: Should I blog on Medium for my open-source project, or self-host?

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Post by angry-hacker » Thu, Jan 05, 2017, 10:47 PM UTC

metachris wrote: post #28

I 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

If you want more hackable one and like Python, go with Pelican. Amazing software.