Getting started - looking for feedback
Inspired by Harlan's rebuilt blog, I decided to finish the rebuild of my own blog and get it out there.
I'm just getting started... again. The first attempt 2 years ago was a false start so I've re-designed the look and am trying again.
There's just an introduction post so far. I aim to write about my learnings and the process of building profitable software products.
Questions
- What would you add or subtract? RSS feed maybe?
- Anything seem broken or unreadable? (should be mobile friendly)
- Any recommended reading for building an audience?
- Any recommendations of blogs already in this space?
- All suggestions and questions welcome!
For those interested, here is my tech stack
HTML & CSS - keeping it simple 🤓
Netlify - website hosting with free SSL certificates - free
Github - code version control and code backups - free
Gandi - domain registration and DNS - $19/year
Simple Analytics - website analytics - $9/month
Email Octopus - email newsletter management - free
Notion - drafting and organising posts - free
I will be moving to a static site generator eventually but wanted to start out with the bare minimum.
Hi @samlevy ,
I check you blog and it looks clean. I think this is very important indeed, when you start. Regarding what to add or tech stack to use, in a sense, i think it is less important than the content. I would say, try to get several good quality post, see if you attract an audience, then you could refine the tech stack.
Incidentally, the tech stack you describe above is very similar to the one I use for Workli’s (www.workliapp.com) knowledge base (knowledgebase.workliapp.com). The only difference is that instead of Email Octopus I use mailgun, instead of Gandi I use cheapdomains and I also use Jekill as a static site generator. As it is Ruby, it is very easy (if you know Ruby) to understand it.
For my other blog, blog.granthackers.club, in which I try to help people improve their grant-writing skills, the tech-stack is Wordpress running on an AWS lightsail instance.
Good luck with you blog and SAAS endevour, I hope to learn more from you.
All the best
Nat
Thanks!
I agree that the content is more important than the tech stack for a blog. Hopefully my posts will be interesting enough to attract an audience!
I'll end up with either Jekyll or Middleman. Better to stick with what I know rather than spend time learning another framework.
Good luck with your projects!
Sam, thank you and specially for pointing me to Middleman. I did not know it. It looks neat!