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Re: Ask HN: Which blog platform is suitable for personal blogging?

#13
Don't spend 400 hours customizing your favorite blogging software then 0 hours blogging. :)

(I use Jekyll -> netlify. I only use Jekyll because I used it once 10 years ago. I literally write posts in Github directly and commit to master because blogging should be informal and F the haters)

Re: Ask HN: Which blog platform is suitable for personal blogging?

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If you’re open to spending a bit, I highly recommend a hosted Ghost.js blog (around $11/month). It gives me full control over my content and domain, and I can choose to keep it ad-free. In my opinion, it’s a far better option for building your personal brand compared to platforms like Medium or DEV.to, which often have paywalls and can be cluttered with garbage low-quality content.

+1 for Ghost. The platform really is all about blogging. It’s ecosystem is not as huge was the WordPress ecosystem, but substantial nonetheless. Building a custom theme for Ghost is also far more accessible for beginners than building a Wordpress theme, at least in my experience

You can also self-host Ghost. Which I did for a while, but didn’t want to spend my free time being a sysadmin. I decided paying for hosting was worth it, and helps marginally support the product.

Re: Ask HN: Which blog platform is suitable for personal blogging?

#16

For personal blogging, platforms like WordPress and Medium are highly recommended.

I think Medium is a bad way to go. You give up control of your content and bow it’s presented to users. Additionally, there’s a lot of low quality content on Medium you may not want to be associated with.

Re: Ask HN: Which blog platform is suitable for personal blogging?

#17
Blot.im - you can write your posts in Markdown, Microsoft Word, Pages, Google Docs, OpenOffice. Your documents can be stored in Git, or a folder in Dropbox, or a folder in Google Drive, and the service publishes them from there. $5/month

(not affiliated, just used and liked it back when I had a public facing blog)

https://blot.im/

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