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Comment by Nextgrid

5 days ago

Only problem I find with self-hosted blogs and certain personalities like mine is that I spend more time tinkering with the blog engine than actually blogging.

I ended up migrating back to a hosted solution explicitly because it doesn't allow me such control, so the only thing I can do is write instead of endlessly tinkering with the site.

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eichin  5 days ago

I ended up separating out a "plumbing" blog, from the "real" blogs, with no discussion of the tinkering allowed on the real ones - so the plumbing blog grew in details but didn't "count" for the non-meta blogging I was trying to accomplish. A little bit of sleight-of-hand but it worked for me...

  • Nextgrid  5 days ago

    In my case it was less about the discussion of the tinkering and more the tinkering itself. I'd spend all my blogging time tinkering with the site, to the point where it's never ready and never actually deployed. As of right now in my projects folder I have an (actually finished and usable) Ghost theme and a handful of Wagtail blog projects in various states of functionality. Neither have actually been deployed. (at least I learnt enough Wagtail to be dangerous so I guess that's a win)

    I ended up subscribing to Bear Blog and calling it a day. In fact I need to delete those half-baked attempts so I am never tempted to get back to them.

amelius  5 days ago

> I spend more time tinkering with the blog engine than actually blogging.

You should write a blog about it, like geerlingguy did.

packetlost  4 days ago

> Only problem I find with self-hosted blogs and certain personalities like mine is that I spend more time tinkering with the blog engine than actually blogging.

I don't see the problem with that ;)

lylo  4 days ago

Honestly this is so true. I have a few blogs for various reasons, and the hosted ones are where I post most because it’s so effortless to do. There’s so much less inertia. You can go even further and post by email (I use Pagecord) which removes virtually all barriers to posting.

That said, building your own static site and faffing with all the tech is generally an enjoyable distraction for most techies