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 threadmccOct 15, 2024
Like I'd drop everything and write that right now, if I had infinite time and energy. It is, honestly, extremely unfair that I do not have infinite time and energy
Show threadmccOct 15, 2024

The potential "SSG with training wheels" user would still need to learn Markdown and eleventy tags, or whatever, but honestly nontechies in the 00s found HTML learnable in a way git never was* so I don't think that part's a blocker

* As a Mercurial dead-ender it remains my opinion that no one should ever use git, for any purpose, ever. I do not wish to have a conversation about this

Show threadNeia masksOct 15, 2024
@mcc WYSIWYG editors are a well explored space. I'd include one if I were building a fully featured static site generator for less programmer-y users.
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@neia I don't think I can make that in a weekend
Oct 15, 2024 at 2:23amWeb
Show threadCthuflu, stuck in ball 🎱Oct 15, 2024

@mcc @neia prosemirror seems well put together for WYSIWYG, the time-consuming bit may be the glue code (obsidian uses another project, codemirror, for its editor)

https://prosemirror.net/

ProseMirror

In-browser structured text editing component