dirtybittersweet
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I finally built the blog using 11ty.
No WordPress. No Ghost. No Substack. No Squarespace.
Python + 11ty + Regular ol' HTML + CSS (and very little JavaScript.)
I don't want to keep building on somebody else's land. I've had enough scares with social media to understand you could be up there one day, and disappear the next.
11ty is a static site generator, which is very important for me. If you don't know what this means, a static site generator will take all of your code and "pre-generate" it as a bunch of static files you can host anywhere.
I'm still working on the site's styling, but the next big decision I have to make is about hosting.
So far, I've been hosting my site on Firebase. It's free for my traffic and I haven't had any issues with it, but I don't trust Google to keep Firebase around.
I don't technically need to host the site on Netlify or Vercel because it's just a static site, but I could likely use them for free.
What other options do I have?
Santiago@svpino
I want to start blogging again. (I know, yuck, but c'est la vie.) More than anything, I want to own my domain and the content I put up there. I'm unwilling to sacrifice this at the altar of a "beautiful interface" or "convenience." My domain. My content. My rules. Where should I go? Please, don't say WordPress.
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@skaldulfr @ilovenostalgia Taped software from the radio to play them on Commodore 64?
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@ilovenostalgia just 1 because we never had Blockbuster where I live - if the local equivalent counts then it's 0. I'm so old 👴
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@Pritt wel zelf gemaakte friet toch? zelf een lamsrack op de bbq vandaag 💪🏻
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@ilovenostalgia I just love the smell of napalm in the morning
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@mitchellh What about Google Drive, did you replace that and if so, what did you replace it with. Proton mail user myself
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@WietseWind @t0byman @xspectDS Same, one of the few things that has continued to work for a long time. and my Synology. Everything else, I always try to repair it myself. Sometimes works, sometimes not. I’m general, totally agree with your comment 🤯
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Can we please go back to that time when things just worked? And kept on working for a good amount of years?
- Samsung washing machine just died < 5y
- LG Laundry Dryer just died < 2y
- Brand new Samsung Oled TV: 3rd repair in 2 months, never worked
- iPhone 14 Pro, unusable battery after < 1y
- @EcoFlowTech lawn mower dead battery after < 6 months
- Let's not start about Tesla
Can we please just go back to not being penny wise, pound foolish, making cheap products to compete then to spend a ton on after sales & repairs?
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