A blogging app for iPhone that publishes plain HTML
What to look for in an iPhone blogging app if you want plain HTML you own, and an honest look at WordPress, Micro.blog, Ghost, Working Copy and iA Writer.
READ ARTICLE →Selfish vs Medium: your own site or a borrowed audience
An honest comparison of Selfish and Medium: ownership, cost, custom domains, the Partner Program, discovery and export, and when Medium is the better pick.
READ ARTICLE →Own your blog: leaving Medium for good
A practical guide to leaving Medium: exporting your archive, moving posts, canonical links, what you can't redirect, and keeping a mirror that points home.
READ ARTICLE →Selfish vs Substack: a newsletter platform or a site you own
Selfish and Substack compared honestly: email, paid subscriptions, fees, custom domains, discovery and export. Plus when Substack is simply the right tool.
READ ARTICLE →Substack alternatives that you actually own
What owning a newsletter really means – domain, export, subscriber list, URLs – and how Ghost, Buttondown, beehiiv, Kit and a plain static site compare.
READ ARTICLE →Selfish vs WordPress.com: hosted platform or static site you own
Selfish and WordPress.com compared: plans, plugins, comments, newsletters, custom domains, payment fees and export, and where WordPress.com is the better pick.
READ ARTICLE →WordPress vs a static site for a personal blog
An honest comparison of WordPress and a static site for a personal blog: security, plugins, comments, forms, search, cost, speed and backups.
READ ARTICLE →Selfish vs Hugo and Jekyll: static sites, with or without code
Selfish, Hugo and Jekyll all publish static sites. An honest look at templating, speed, git workflows, portability and who should use which.
READ ARTICLE →The best way to self-host a personal blog in 2026
Static site, Ghost or WordPress, on a VPS, object storage or a free static host: an honest look at the cost, maintenance and security of each option.
READ ARTICLE →How to publish a website over SFTP
What SFTP is, how to find your host, user, port and path on a VPS, cPanel or NAS, how to set up SSH keys and fingerprints, and how to fix common errors.
READ ARTICLE →How to host a static blog on your own server
A practical guide to hosting a static blog yourself: choosing a server, configuring Caddy or nginx, HTTPS, file permissions and getting your files there.
READ ARTICLE →A static site generator without the command line
What a static site generator does, why the Node, Go and Ruby toolchains put people off, and the options that let you publish static HTML without a terminal.
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