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Re:Building a Blog in Django by Heloseaa on Tuesday September 12, 2023 @03:38PM (#37486799)
This doesn't provide a counterpoint to the original comment's point.

IMHO, it's true that a static site generator should be the way to go in 2023, instead of using a web framework with a db.

I am personally running a hugo blog, on netlify, with netlify CMS. I have 0 costs, great performances, everything needed out of the box. What else to ask for ?

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Re:Building a Blog in Django by smarx007 on Tuesday September 12, 2023 @04:36PM (#37487871)
Does your blog support comments?

Also, for a company blog, an SSG likely means a requirement to know Git, which could be inconvenient.

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Re:Building a Blog in Django by Heloseaa on Wednesday September 13, 2023 @03:41AM (#37493442)
In my blog, comments are not supported, and it would be easy to add if I developed my own blog with Django. But I feel that this single feature does not overweight the simplicity and velocity I have with such setup.

If you really need comments in your blog when using Hugo, you can still integrate them with Disqus https://gohugo.io/content-management/comments/

In regards to the requirement to know Git: It is just necessary in the setup phase, the blog posts creation and edition are controlled through Netlify CMS for me.

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Re:Building a Blog in Django by smarx007 on Wednesday September 13, 2023 @06:34AM (#37494886)
Interesting, thank you for introducing me to Netlify CMS, didn't know about it.
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