Breaking Up with WordPress After Two Decades
3 hours ago
- #WordPress Migration
- #Static Site
- #Personal Blogging
- Migrated website from SiteGround to Bluehost due to lower cost, but experienced inconsistent performance and uptime issues.
- The migration revealed a deeper mismatch with WordPress, which felt inadequate for managing a personal archive of writing.
- Desired features included better local inspection, reorganization, and intentional linking of posts within the archive.
- Developed Yapress, a markdown-first publishing setup using AI tools, to replace WordPress, focusing on static files and local control.
- Trade-offs included losing WordPress's admin interface and ecosystem but gaining ownership, simplicity, and better alignment with archive needs.
- AI assistance lowered the cost of building custom solutions, shifting the focus from feasibility to appropriateness of the platform.