Blogging like a nerd: Cloudflare Pages is all you need
The author reflects on their return to blogging after nine years, highlighting the challenges faced with a WordPress setup. They discovered that using static page generation with tools like Jekyll and Cloudflare Pages provided a more efficient and low-maintenance solution. This new approach allows for greater flexibility and control over their content without the operational headaches of traditional blogging platforms.
- ▪The author struggled with maintaining an outdated WordPress blog on a VPS.
- ▪They explored alternatives like Substack but preferred full control over their website.
- ▪Using static page generation with Jekyll and Cloudflare Pages simplified the blogging process significantly.
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Blogging like a nerd: Cloudflare Pages is all you need May 18, 2026 · 🇪🇸 Leer en Español How maintaining a WordPress feels after building a static blog with AI · Picture by The Media TelegraphIt took me 9 years to come back to blogging, and I used maintaining the old WordPress setup as an excuse the whole time. Turns out the fix was free. The previous version was a WordPress running on a VPS on Digital Ocean. I could have, in theory, just start writing there and hitting post. But the WordPress version was getting more outdated every day and the plugins I was using were also getting deprecated, so I’d have to migrate. The blog was down every couple of years because of issues in the VPS.1Beyond the operational headaches, there were deeper problems too.
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