Why I left Medium and moved back to my own domain

Re:Why I left Medium and moved back to my own domain by movedx on Sunday July 30, 2017 @05:12PM (#14887853)

GitHub's UI is far superior, for one. You're also placing your code in an ecosystem of other OSS projects, which I believe is a good thing.

Also, GitHub private repositories for an individual are far cheaper than running a H/A GitLab on DO, AWS, Linode, or any provider worth mentioning. By definition of running a H/A solution on DO's cheapest offering, you're paying $15/month for three VMs, and we haven't started talking about backups yet.

It's not worth it at all.

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Re:Why I left Medium and moved back to my own domain by bdcravens on Sunday July 30, 2017 @06:14PM (#14888139)

Many of the same arguments could made for using Medium instead of running your own blog software.

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Re:Why I left Medium and moved back to my own domain by movedx on Sunday July 30, 2017 @07:15PM (#14888393)

I never said I was against Medium ;)

I'm against self hosting when it makes no sense to do so, and only because I've seen people get burnt by the process and I don't want to the same to happen to you. I'm probably capable, but many aren't.

Legal or regulatory reasons are the only reasons I can think of that might force your hand in to self-hosting.

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Re:Why I left Medium and moved back to my own domain by sytse on Monday July 31, 2017 @12:40PM (#14893530)

What is the nr. 1 thing you would change in GitLab to improve the UI?

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