I'm curious to hear from anyone who runs a small or personal blog about which platforms or tools you use. I previously tried Hygraph for a smaller blog linked to a side-project, but found it to be overkill since I only needed to make a few posts each week. Lately, I've been using markdown in my repository directly, but it's been frustrating writing everything in an IDE. What are your preferred setups, and what tools or features do you find annoying?
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I recently switched to Eleventy for my personal blogs, combined with SASS and a bit of vanilla JS. It feels faster and lighter than traditional CMS options, especially compared to React! I'd choose this for anything work-related if I could. ❗
Statamic is my go-to since I'm a PHP developer. Its flexibility suits my needs perfectly. But I'm considering a move to Astro because of its free hosting on GitHub Pages.
I totally relate! Astro's features and community support are compelling.
I use my own static site generator that's fast and free (just a domain cost). I write everything in Markdown and host it on Cloudflare Pages, which works perfectly for my needs!
That sounds awesome! How long did it take you to set that up?
I've been using Astro for my blog, and it's fantastic! I'm also curious about what you use for content creation. Are you writing in Markdown or something else?
Astro is a solid choice. I write in Markdown; it keeps things simple and clean.
Have you ever wished for a CMS or visual editor with that setup? Or is the stripped-down approach what's working for you?