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       Blogless - Writing articles online without a blog (2021)
        
       Author : Tomte
       Score  : 43 points
       Date   : 2022-10-07 20:44 UTC (3 days ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (blogless.datenbrei.de)
 (TXT) w3m dump (blogless.datenbrei.de)
        
       | ikeserbestian wrote:
       | Like it. But what is the license?
        
         | rsstack wrote:
         | https://blogless.datenbrei.de/license/ MIT + a TinyMCE
         | dependency.
        
       | connordoner wrote:
       | Just another blogging platform, no?
        
       | darchws wrote:
       | I think hey.com/world is a good example of eliminating the
       | distraction of usual blogs, but they even call it blog..
       | 
       | https://www.hey.com/world/
        
         | pedalpete wrote:
         | That's a clever implementation by hey. Isn't this what
         | posterous was all about?
        
       | AkshatJ27 wrote:
       | So it's just a static site generator for blogs....?
        
       | altilunium wrote:
       | Similar concept : https://md.altilunium.my.id
        
       | codazoda wrote:
       | I created the Neat CSS framework in the same spirit. It's so
       | minimalist that there's no publishing system; you just grab the
       | CSS file and write HTML. I use it for all kinds of sites,
       | including the occasional blog.
       | 
       | https://neat.joeldare.com
        
         | egberts1 wrote:
         | JavaScript-free?
        
           | codazoda wrote:
           | Well, of course. What the hell do you need JavaScript for?!?!
           | :P
        
       | calltrak wrote:
       | If you need to add forms to your static website you can use
       | fabform .io
        
       | ok_dad wrote:
       | This is blogless to blogs much like serverless is to servers:
       | it's still a blog/server no matter what you want to call it. Tell
       | me the specific features a blog has that "Blogless" doesn't have,
       | and why it's an anti-blog, otherwise the features on that page
       | sound _just_ like a blog to me!
        
         | manuelmoreale wrote:
         | It is just like a blog because it is a blog. Everything else
         | seems just an attempt to cleverly market the project.
        
       | SevenNation wrote:
       | > Blogless generates static HTML pages and lets you manage them
       | from a simple to handle online interface. New articles can be
       | written and changed online, then shared with your friends or
       | customers via Facebook, Google+, Twitter, WhatsApp, .... Or just
       | use the optional commenting with Disqus.
       | 
       | This sounds like a static site generator. They're great, but
       | there are a lot of them, and most will do what's in the "How is
       | it different?" section. What's the unique proposition here?
        
         | SleepilyLimping wrote:
         | I think they might be arguing for like, the death of a blog as
         | a personal branding center. Site generators (or even like,
         | better-formatted Pastebin alternatives like Rentry) emphasize
         | "publishing for the utility" instead of it having to be
         | attached to a personal brand, community, etc etc.
        
         | baxtr wrote:
         | Don't you get it?! It's blogless!
        
         | derekzhouzhen wrote:
         | > This sounds like a static site generator.
         | 
         | This is a static site generator running inside a web
         | application. It is the worse of both worlds: You need to
         | maintain a server and yet you can't make use of the server to
         | do interesting thing.
        
       | yosito wrote:
       | It's a blog, but it's not a blog. It has no features except the
       | features it has. It's just for you, but you can publish it
       | online.
       | 
       | This idea is full of logical inconsistencies and strikes me as
       | being from someone who has an uncomfortable relationship with
       | technology, writing and social relationships.
       | 
       | If you want a blog, have a blog. If you want to write for
       | yourself, use Apple Notes or Obsidian or Word.
        
       | yawnxyz wrote:
       | I kind of expected this to be a blog writing / management
       | framework that blasts whatever you write to Medium, Substack,
       | Twitter thread, Linkedin, etc., but doesn't have a central
       | webpage. Would be kind of cool to have the same posts appear in
       | many places, and be easy to edit ALL the posts from one central
       | place.
        
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