OP is running Ghost, which is an application. Of course OP could have chosen to ...

satvikpendem · 2024-10-26T19:51:20 1729972280

I'm curious why they chose Ghost when Markdown works just as well, and either way, I believe Ghost can still work via Vercel etc.

999900000999 · 2024-10-26T20:38:47 1729975127

I like Ghost.

I took my monthly costs down from 30$ to 4$ HN tells me I'm still wasting money.

I expect nothing less.

Ghost is much easier to use than editing and commiting markdown files. I'm also able to create posts programmatically via an API.

I guess this could all be done with Markdown too, but it would make things harder.

satvikpendem · 2024-10-26T20:43:52 1729975432

I used to use Ghost, so don't discount me as some "HN commenter." I switched to Markdown not for the cost but for the portability. It simply seemed easier to edit Markdown than to go into Ghost's editor for basically the same thing.

999900000999 · 2024-10-26T21:21:56 1729977716

So I assume you edit markdown locally and then commit the files to Git which automatically builds into a static website?

I'm doing certain things with the Ghost API that I don't think I can really replace with that.

satvikpendem · 2024-10-27T13:21:22 1730035282

Yes I am. What are you doing with the Ghost API?

999900000999 · 2024-10-28T03:20:36 1730085636

I automate the creation of certain posts.

Ultimately your not wrong, but I think Ghost is a great platform.

If anything I like creating tools that I can share with others. If I want to invite friends to post on my blogs it'll take 30 seconds to provide a login and creating posts is very easy with Ghost.

Getting non technical people to understand Git is a massive challenge I don't want to try again.

satvikpendem · 2024-10-28T13:19:54 1730121594

I see. Personally I don't let others write on my blog so I don't have the same use cases as you. If I had to, I'd ask them to just send me the Markdown file or text itself and I'd submit it via git myself.

999900000999 · 2024-10-28T15:43:32 1730130212

I'm always open to learning.

Do you have any code to share which automates turning markdown to a blog site?

satvikpendem · 2024-10-28T23:54:33 1730159673

I just saw this on Show HN, might be exactly what you're looking for: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41976673

999900000999 · 2024-10-29T17:10:32 1730221832

Thanks!

satvikpendem · 2024-10-28T15:47:25 1730130445

Search for static site generators, there are many. Some of the famous ones are Jekyll, Hugo, etc, but I personally use NextJS with MDX: https://nextjs.org/docs/pages/building-your-application/conf...