Re:All you may need is HTML
by shanebellone on Thursday March 02, 2023 @11:24AM
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I self-host a minimal CMS that checks the post folder for an HTML file. I prefer the flexibility of laying each page out for the content it contains.
The more I learn, the more features look like training wheels and training wheels like restraints.
A small orange sure has changed. It used to be dirt cheap crappy shared hosting. Now it's expensive compared to just getting a full VPS nearly anywhere else.
Their VPS offering is $55/month and is comparable to digital ocean's $18/month.
At the risk of being pendantic, asmallorange and hostgator are owned by the same entity[0].
That said, I like the premise of just writing and producing content and not necessarily worrying about setting up tooling. I think devs, and "geeks" in general, tend to enjoy tinkering with tooling, but it can be daunting for the less tech savvy. I suppose that's why things like Wordpress.com exist.
[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endurance_International_Group