mccOct 15, 2024
So this is the second time now I've seen someone make the (good!) observation that SSGs are a non-option to nontechies but here's the thing: It *should* be pretty easy to make a web editor that shows a directory listing, lets you drag in PNGs and edit Markdown files in a little box, and then feeds the directory directly into an SSG, and maybe optionally SCPs them to another server after that fact. Someone coulda made this 10 years ago. Just nobody did
https://vmst.io/@jalefkowit/113307815934062221
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Jason Lefkowitz (@[email protected])

Like, if your pitch for a system to replace WordPress starts with "first, learn Markdown and Git," I need you to understand that you are living in a completely different galaxy than the median WordPress user

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Show threadMimir

@mcc how would this look different from GitHub Pages (with the GitHub web UI flow)?

I guess that still exposes things like the idea of commits and a whole bunch of stuff that's irrelevant for this usecase, but...

Oct 15, 2024 at 2:20amWeb
Show threadmccOct 15, 2024
@mimir It would not require you to create a GitHub account. The GitHub Pages web edit flow is actually pretty good but for a nontech person it is intimidating as feck because there are like 200 links/buttons on every single page and if you're doing the GitHub Pages web edit flow 198 of them are totally irrelevant to your use case
Show threadmccOct 15, 2024
@mimir Come to think of it, as a senior developer about 100 of the 200 links/buttons on every GIthub page are useless to me. This is a new development since the Microsoft buyout :(
Show threadznullOct 15, 2024
@mcc @mimir Our internal bot still dutifully doles out advice on this when asked.