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Ask HN: Where do you host your personal blog these days?

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Re: Ask HN: Where do you host your personal blog these days?

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Post by fundamental »

Zelmor wrote: post #2

Chances are, nobody cares and nobody finds your site in the first place. Just keep a desktop zimwiki or a diary. I recommend using fountain pens, they are lovely tools to write with. People read successful people's blogs, not yours nor mine (had one 15 years ago, no one read that either). So stop wasting time on tweaking the front porch and work on the piping instead.

I'd say that largely depends upon the content. For the content in the original post, I'd generally agree that there isn't likely a huge audience. For some niche (often technical) topics/articles however, the content can be a very valuable resource to interested readers.

Additionally, writing blogs/or blog like articles on one's own site doesn't necessarily have to be directed at growing an audience. I personally think that adding some formality to writing (which might not exist in a diary) and publishing it can produce some useful notes for the author to reflect upon later. If nothing else writing short articles can serve as useful practice in writing down and expressing ideas. Of course there is still plenty to be said about the benefits of pen and paper which people do seem to overlook.

Re: Ask HN: Where do you host your personal blog these days?

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Post by sakawa »

Zelmor wrote: post #2

Chances are, nobody cares and nobody finds your site in the first place. Just keep a desktop zimwiki or a diary. I recommend using fountain pens, they are lovely tools to write with. People read successful people's blogs, not yours nor mine (had one 15 years ago, no one read that either). So stop wasting time on tweaking the front porch and work on the piping instead.

Why so pessimistic? Maybe when writing a blog you won't get more than a handful regular readers, but keeping it public stimulates you to talk about you, your job, and the solutions you got when encountered a problem (sure, you won't talk about how much you love your dog, I hope).

I'd also say that a well kept blog may be more important than a CV since you can actually tell how good you are in your job.

To answer the question: I used to blog with pelican, and now hugo.

Re: Ask HN: Where do you host your personal blog these days?

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Post by gjstein »

Zelmor wrote: post #2

Chances are, nobody cares and nobody finds your site in the first place. Just keep a desktop zimwiki or a diary. I recommend using fountain pens, they are lovely tools to write with. People read successful people's blogs, not yours nor mine (had one 15 years ago, no one read that either). So stop wasting time on tweaking the front porch and work on the piping instead.

Well not with that attitude.

I host an (unknown) personal blog on AWS running Django

Re: Ask HN: Where do you host your personal blog these days?

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Post by Nadya »

Neocities. Static files, I rarely post. I pay the $5 to have a custom domain and support the site.

Mostly because I support what Neocities wants to be and I loved the old Geocities community. I'm not active in the Neocities community due to time but I do my best to encourage others to join. :)

I could find alternative hosting for $2/mo that would suit my needs but don't.

The main purpose of my site is for easier sharing of things: programs I use, anime recommendations, music recommendations, and how to contact me.

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