Started from notepad, now i'm here.
Consulting for Startups in San Francisco while working on a few products for the maker community
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Founder & Head of Engineering at For Makers, by Makers
Gatsby is the epitome of the internet going full circle. Not only do I find it unintuitive as a framework, but even conceptually. The primary benefit I hear people boasting about is having a static website that loads fast. You can accomplish this easily by setting up appropriate caching on Cloudflare. While not being limited to a framework.
I'm very much a fan of Next.JS. However, i'm not entirely sure coding your own blog is a good use of your time. As a maker, I totally understand your inclination to do so.
However, if you take off your "software engineer" hat and put on your "blogger hat", what value is there in coding your own blog? None. You can argue that you'd have more control, but that's not entirely true. Your "control" will be limited by your productivity. And your productivity will be limited by you needing to re-invent and re-imagine an obscene amount of functionality. Functionality that already exists on a number of platforms (Wordpress, SquareSpace, Blogger, etc) and has been tested at scale.
These solutions might not seem "cool and shiny" as a developer, but they don't need to. Your job as a "blogger" (the other hat you'll be wearing) is to blog. And these software are great at that. They are proven and together power well over 30% of the internet.
I know this isn't the answer you're looking for, but its one I fully stand behind.
Hey Gio, I really appreciate your input. I couldn't agree more actually that blogging platforms these days are well built and there isn't much to be gained from me coding my own blog. Being a blogger in and of itself is work enough!
But personally (and with my "software engineer" hat on) I feel that this could be a fun project and a good learning experience for me. In terms of actually becoming a blogger, if anything great comes of this website (after it's hopefully built!) I'll switch over to a real blogging platform and maybe pursue that more seriously.
Thanks again for sharing and again, couldn't agree more!
Started from notepad, now i'm here.
Consulting for Startups in San Francisco while working on a few products for the maker community
codersnippets.com javacriptpros.com formakersbymakers.com
Location
San Francisco
Work
Founder & Head of Engineering at For Makers, by Makers
Gatsby is the epitome of the internet going full circle. Not only do I find it unintuitive as a framework, but even conceptually. The primary benefit I hear people boasting about is having a static website that loads fast. You can accomplish this easily by setting up appropriate caching on Cloudflare. While not being limited to a framework.
I'm very much a fan of Next.JS. However, i'm not entirely sure coding your own blog is a good use of your time. As a maker, I totally understand your inclination to do so.
However, if you take off your "software engineer" hat and put on your "blogger hat", what value is there in coding your own blog? None. You can argue that you'd have more control, but that's not entirely true. Your "control" will be limited by your productivity. And your productivity will be limited by you needing to re-invent and re-imagine an obscene amount of functionality. Functionality that already exists on a number of platforms (Wordpress, SquareSpace, Blogger, etc) and has been tested at scale.
These solutions might not seem "cool and shiny" as a developer, but they don't need to. Your job as a "blogger" (the other hat you'll be wearing) is to blog. And these software are great at that. They are proven and together power well over 30% of the internet.
I know this isn't the answer you're looking for, but its one I fully stand behind.
Hey Gio, I really appreciate your input. I couldn't agree more actually that blogging platforms these days are well built and there isn't much to be gained from me coding my own blog. Being a blogger in and of itself is work enough!
But personally (and with my "software engineer" hat on) I feel that this could be a fun project and a good learning experience for me. In terms of actually becoming a blogger, if anything great comes of this website (after it's hopefully built!) I'll switch over to a real blogging platform and maybe pursue that more seriously.
Thanks again for sharing and again, couldn't agree more!
I can totally appreciate that, I'll be cheering you on! 🤘🏻