Blot turns a folder into a website
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#2Longtime fan of Blot and the founder's (David) work.
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#3A similar thing: http://tiiny.host/
I use them and I'm a big fan.
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#4I briefly contributed to Blot (its code is Public Domain [1]). David keeps working on Blot constantly, and it's pretty cool to see the progress changelog with direct mapping to git commits [2].
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#5A similar thing: http://tiiny.host/ I use them and I'm a big fan.
It seems a bit different. Blot keeps pulling changes from Dropbox/Google Drive/etc, so you don't have to upload the folder manually.
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#6An interesting idea!
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#7Related. Others?
Blot is a blogging platform with no interface. It turns a folder into a website - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32041158 - July 2022 (9 comments)
Blot – a blogging platform with no interface - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17314858 - June 2018 (120 comments)
Blot – blogging from a Dropbox folder - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10078031 - Aug 2015 (17 comments)
Show HN: Blot, a static blog powered by Dropbox - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8183498 - Aug 2014 (36 comments)
Re: Blot turns a folder into a website
#8A similar thing: http://tiiny.host/ I use them and I'm a big fan.
It seems a bit different. Blot keeps pulling changes from Dropbox/Google Drive/etc, so you don't have to upload the folder manually.
https://site44.com is kind of similar, except that all files in a given folder do not become public
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#9https://spinup.dev is a similar thing I made a few years ago, with free analytics out-of-the-box for each deploy. Syncing changes is a feature I'd like to add, but time is tight for side-projects at the moment.
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#10We've come full circle