Preach it, Chris.

I feel really strongly that as a general rule, but especially in the current tech and political climate, it’s important to own your stack.

I enjoy reading Chris's blog, especially when he covers topics like running blog stack or how ADHD affects programmers. I'm not a frontend developer, so I don't really need stuff like his Kelp UI, but I still like reading about it. I think that's what I like most about the indie blog-o-sphere: reading about the stuff people care enough about to write and post.

I never really got into the static site thing. I tried, and I definitely see the appeal, but they're just not my thing. However, if I were to get the itch or knew a friend who wanted to make a static site, now I have a better idea how to do it! Chris's solution is Digital Ocean and ServerPilot, which is new to me.

And he's 100% on the money: own your stack. If you've seen the news lately, I don't need to tell you why. If you're writing on the web, own. your. stack.

DIY Netlify

Today, I wanted to share how I built my own DIY Netlify that I use to host over a dozen sites for just $10/month, with way more control and much faster build times. Let’s dig in! The Netlify Revolution A few years back, Netlify helped usher in the era of static site generators by offering a really easy way for folks to host and deploy static HTML. All you had to do was push your site to GitHub.

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