How to Host a Blog on a Subdirectory Instead of a Subdomain (2025)

#1

Post by taikon » Fri, Apr 17, 2026, 10:53 PM UTC

How to Host a Blog on a Subdirectory Instead of a Subdomain (2025)
davidma.org

Re: How to Host a Blog on a Subdirectory Instead of a Subdomain (2025)

#2

Post by gnabgib » Fri, Apr 17, 2026, 11:01 PM UTC

(2025) At the time (on a different domain, but not in a subdirectory) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46050069

Re: How to Host a Blog on a Subdirectory Instead of a Subdomain (2025)

#3

Post by teach » Fri, Apr 17, 2026, 11:03 PM UTC

Maybe should add "with Cloudflare Workers" to the headline

Because hosting a blog inside a subdirectory is like the most trivial webserver thing ever

Re: How to Host a Blog on a Subdirectory Instead of a Subdomain (2025)

#4

Post by [deleted] » Fri, Apr 17, 2026, 11:22 PM UTC

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Re: How to Host a Blog on a Subdirectory Instead of a Subdomain (2025)

#5

Post by taikon » Fri, Apr 17, 2026, 11:28 PM UTC

teach wrote: post #3

Maybe should add "with Cloudflare Workers" to the headline Because hosting a blog inside a subdirectory is like the most trivial webserver thing ever

I wanted to but it said it exceeds the character limit

Re: How to Host a Blog on a Subdirectory Instead of a Subdomain (2025)

#6

Post by taikon » Fri, Apr 17, 2026, 11:29 PM UTC

gnabgib wrote: post #2

(2025) At the time (on a different domain, but not in a subdirectory) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46050069

Yes I switched the domain. But davidma.co redirects to davidma.org.

Re: How to Host a Blog on a Subdirectory Instead of a Subdomain (2025)

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Post by gnabgib » Fri, Apr 17, 2026, 11:33 PM UTC

taikon wrote: post #5

teach wrote: post #3

Maybe should add "with Cloudflare Workers" to the headline Because hosting a blog inside a subdirectory is like the most trivial webserver thing ever

I wanted to but it said it exceeds the character limit

Maybe(?): How to Host a Blog in a directory Instead of Subdomain with Cloudflare Workers

Re: How to Host a Blog on a Subdirectory Instead of a Subdomain (2025)

#8

Post by gnabgib » Fri, Apr 17, 2026, 11:37 PM UTC

taikon wrote: post #6

gnabgib wrote: post #2

(2025) At the time (on a different domain, but not in a subdirectory) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46050069

Yes I switched the domain. But davidma.co redirects to davidma.org.

It doesn't presently (maybe a config issue?) Cloudflare just never responds:

> Connecting to www.davidma.co(more..)

> HTTP request sent, awaiting response... (timeout)

Re: How to Host a Blog on a Subdirectory Instead of a Subdomain (2025)

#9

Post by ahme » Fri, Apr 17, 2026, 11:51 PM UTC

teach wrote: post #3

Maybe should add "with Cloudflare Workers" to the headline Because hosting a blog inside a subdirectory is like the most trivial webserver thing ever

Are we not just doing static html for blogs anymore?

Re: How to Host a Blog on a Subdirectory Instead of a Subdomain (2025)

#10

Post by theturtle » Fri, Apr 17, 2026, 11:53 PM UTC

This is somehow news? I was doing this 30 actual years ago.

Long before Google and Cloudflare stunk up the internet.