Thanks for the hint. I'll mastodon to the list of complicated products in the article (in case you didn't notice, I already mentioned Ghost, Wordpress, and Discourse).

The only thing I don't intend to get rid of (at least at the beginning) is the need to buy a domain name. Everything else will be managed by the program. Even renting a VPS will be optional because you have the option to run on your local machine.

> I'm not saying this to be discouraging. I just think you've got a false concept of how simple the goal is.

Thanks for the concern. I've done this before at a smaller scale and I know you don't need any forest of switches and options.