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A new blog for 2024

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Re: A new blog for 2024

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Post by dmje »

skydhash wrote: post #25
dmje wrote: post #24

Again, because I'm boring like that: it's pretty hilarious to me that anyone would choose to make a new blog and not just use WordPress, especially when their stated aim contains this: "...that makes it as easy as possible to create posts". There are some moments when you shouldn't use WordPress. A blog is not one of those moments. Avoiding the obvious tool for the job is classic developer trendytool syndrome.

Not really, wordpress is a bit of nightmare to code upon and buying plugins and themes can result in incompatibility issues and vulnerabilities. I think Medium is easier, but it’s a walled platform.

Sorry to be argumentative, but it just isn't. It's PHP, and you probably don't need to code anything at all. You also don't need many plugins. Incompatibility issues and vulnerabilities just aren't a thing - as long as you keep stuff up to date and don't install a thousand dodgy plugins, you'll be fine.

And yes, this is what I do: maintaining 50+ sites for clients, so I have been round the block a few times, not just making this up.

Re: A new blog for 2024

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Post by loloquwowndueo »

jakubmazanec wrote: post #20

Maybe this will show all the React/Next.js/Server components haters that you can use them to very quickly build pages that are very performant (though used stack isn't that important anyway, the result depends more on the user's effort and attention to details).

And yet many of the HN comments complain about poor performance /shrug

Re: A new blog for 2024

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dmje wrote: post #24

Again, because I'm boring like that: it's pretty hilarious to me that anyone would choose to make a new blog and not just use WordPress, especially when their stated aim contains this: "...that makes it as easy as possible to create posts". There are some moments when you shouldn't use WordPress. A blog is not one of those moments. Avoiding the obvious tool for the job is classic developer trendytool syndrome.

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Re: A new blog for 2024

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Post by dmje »

brigadier132 wrote: post #29
dmje wrote: post #24

Again, because I'm boring like that: it's pretty hilarious to me that anyone would choose to make a new blog and not just use WordPress, especially when their stated aim contains this: "...that makes it as easy as possible to create posts". There are some moments when you shouldn't use WordPress. A blog is not one of those moments. Avoiding the obvious tool for the job is classic developer trendytool syndrome.

Ah, please tell me the easy way to include interactive js demos in wordpress like the blog post author has. It's obvious that the blogpost author wants a level of customization that wordpress can't offer. Also, trying new technologies was literally a goal of the project.

I mean, write a simple plugin that enables you to embed these using a shortcode, if there isn't an existing plugin that does it already?

WordPress is insanely customisable - it's "just php". And sure, maybe his new skill learning could be coding on WordPress :-)

Re: A new blog for 2024

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Post by pvg »

dmje wrote: post #24

Again, because I'm boring like that: it's pretty hilarious to me that anyone would choose to make a new blog and not just use WordPress, especially when their stated aim contains this: "...that makes it as easy as possible to create posts". There are some moments when you shouldn't use WordPress. A blog is not one of those moments. Avoiding the obvious tool for the job is classic developer trendytool syndrome.

Please don't post shallow dismissals, especially of other people's work.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Re: A new blog for 2024

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Post by brigadier132 »

dmje wrote: post #34
brigadier132 wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ah, please tell me the easy way to include interactive js demos in wordpress like the blog post author has. It's obvious that the blogpost author wants a level of customization that wordpress can't offer. Also, trying new technologies was literally a goal of the project.

I mean, write a simple plugin that enables you to embed these using a shortcode, if there isn't an existing plugin that does it already? WordPress is insanely customisable - it's "just php". And sure, maybe his new skill learning could be coding on WordPress :-)

> I mean, write a simple plugin that enables you to embed these using a shortcode

Ok, so learn php when they could just use js which they likely already know and likely get paid to know.

Wordpress and php are negative value skills, you do not want to advertise that you know those things as a developer because someone might try to hire you for them.

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