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Re: Creating a minimalist blog with Jekyll Now

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The real problem with any SSG is where to host and edit Markdown files and images for flexible spur of the moment content creation. I've built my own Wordpress-export-to-static solution to use the native iOS App as a workaround but it feels somewhat clunky — Same with having to run a headless CMS for this in the background; Surprisingly with all the gazillion of MD editors, no one has ever built one with live editing…

Have you tried Next.js?

Re: Creating a minimalist blog with Jekyll Now

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Personally I write to myself on telegram, then take it from there once I'm on a computer. Doing detail editing on a phone is painful anyway.

This makes me think, a Telegram-bot-as-a-CMS would work great for micro blogging.

Something similar was posted on HN before [1], seems to be offline though. There’s an archived copy here: [2]

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17617675

[2] https://web.archive.org/web/20180726143328/https://telepost....

Re: Creating a minimalist blog with Jekyll Now

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Personally I write to myself on telegram, then take it from there once I'm on a computer. Doing detail editing on a phone is painful anyway.

This makes me think, a Telegram-bot-as-a-CMS would work great for micro blogging.

I was also thinking of SMS to blog via Twilio — Used to do this in the late 90s from a Nokia Communicator

Re: Creating a minimalist blog with Jekyll Now

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post #40
post #12

The real problem with any SSG is where to host and edit Markdown files and images for flexible spur of the moment content creation. I've built my own Wordpress-export-to-static solution to use the native iOS App as a workaround but it feels somewhat clunky — Same with having to run a headless CMS for this in the background; Surprisingly with all the gazillion of MD editors, no one has ever built one with live editing…

I have a cronjob on my vps that pulls the repo every 20 minutes, and if there are changes builds and uploads the site. I don’t write on mobile but if I would, I’d use iA Writer + Working Copy

Doesn't solve the problem with assets.

Re: Creating a minimalist blog with Jekyll Now

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post #36
post #12

The real problem with any SSG is where to host and edit Markdown files and images for flexible spur of the moment content creation. I've built my own Wordpress-export-to-static solution to use the native iOS App as a workaround but it feels somewhat clunky — Same with having to run a headless CMS for this in the background; Surprisingly with all the gazillion of MD editors, no one has ever built one with live editing…

1. Just use Github to write. 2. Gatsby.js can sync with most CMSs.

Doesn't solve the problem with assets.

Re: Creating a minimalist blog with Jekyll Now

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I am somewhat confused by this blog post, as GitHub directly renders Jekyll sites by default–no GitHub Actions or fiddling required. Is there a reason why this was not the right fit?

Was under the impression you can't use Github pages for commercial use? Not sure how heavily that is enforced.

Re: Creating a minimalist blog with Jekyll Now

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post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This makes me think, a Telegram-bot-as-a-CMS would work great for micro blogging.

I was also thinking of SMS to blog via Twilio — Used to do this in the late 90s from a Nokia Communicator

Here's a nice SMS to blog how-to/setup: https://writxt.fun

Re: Creating a minimalist blog with Jekyll Now

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post #12

The real problem with any SSG is where to host and edit Markdown files and images for flexible spur of the moment content creation. I've built my own Wordpress-export-to-static solution to use the native iOS App as a workaround but it feels somewhat clunky — Same with having to run a headless CMS for this in the background; Surprisingly with all the gazillion of MD editors, no one has ever built one with live editing…

This is my exact feeling. I have a Hugo-powered blog, but like you said, I miss the ability to draft something quickly when I'm inspired. Right now, the best option I have found is self-hosting Ghost with some aggressive Cloudflare caching. I considered using wp2static[0] before starting with Ghost. Have you published your exporter? [0] https://github.com/leonstafford/wp2static

I was in exactly this situation. I had a static site/blog thing on GitHub pages, but the process just wasn't conducive to spur of the moment writing. I nearly went back to WordPress but it's just far too bloated for my needs, so like you I ended up on Ghost. I went with Ghost because it was nice and streamlined, made writing quick and easy and wasn't too bloated. I still need to take some time to develop a super streamlined theme but it's good enough for now!

Re: Creating a minimalist blog with Jekyll Now

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Personally I write to myself on telegram, then take it from there once I'm on a computer. Doing detail editing on a phone is painful anyway.

This makes me think, a Telegram-bot-as-a-CMS would work great for micro blogging.

There is something already in place with the 'telegra.ph' site, which is connected with Telegram I believe:

https://telegra.ph

https://telegra.ph/api

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