Learn html and CSS then create a simple static website. It's a lot easier than it sounds, Mozilla has great documentation.
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I'm already doing that! I have html templates using Tera and css using TailwindCSS.
My answer is probably boring, but it works, and I had fun with my own. Just set up Wordpress. At this point, you can find templates for any site design imaginable, and there are a million plugins for it. It's an all-around solid platform, that has mountains of documentation. Wordpress was made for blogging, can't go wrong there, but I've used it for all kinds of stuff, including ecommerce. It's simple and effective enough that I have a hard time going any other direction.
I used to host Wordpress sites on a home LAMP server; it was a fun project that didn't cause a bunch of headaches, mainly because of the amount of available documentation. Search "wordpress self-host" and you'll find a whole lot of information.
Good luck with whatever you decide on!
The problem with WordPress and the like is maintenance. If you don't keep it up to date, it will get taken by malware. Guaranteed. Any plugins you add increase the risk.
I moved my blog to a markdown based compiled site a long time ago so I didn't have to worry about that upkeep.
Run in docker and set auto-update on? Idk seems simple...
But why? If you don't need moving parts, don't use moving parts. Simplicity is king.
I'm yet to understand why people downvote comments like yours. Your answer was on-topic, provided a reasoning, was well-written... even if I haven't fully recovered from the trauma of having two wordpress sites hacked, I still think your comment has merit.
It turns out that people on Lemmy are no better responsibly using a downvote button than anywhere else. I think you should have to at least select a reason why you're downvoting to add some friction - maybe options something like "I don't like this", "I disagree", "This is factually incorrect", "Spam", "Abusive language", etc. Then you can filter out the first two!
Yes +1 for Wordpress, you can even make your own simple theme if you would like in no time.
go with Hugo + a theme Avoid WordPress, static sites have a lot of advantages.
https://coolify.io/ haven't tried this but it could work for the deploy? I use netlifly so i don't know. Looks like a fun little project.
Personally, I'd use just simple HTML + precompiled CSS in the form of SASS / SCSS. Because modern CSS is actually fun when it's precompiled :)
For my blog I use Ghost. It's pretty simple to set up, but it does require a database (like most blogging software does). So it might not be what you are looking for.
What's "modern" supposed to mean?
Absurdly large fonts and lots of unused space and rounded corners maybe?
A lots of purple
Something that has CSS and doesnt look like a page from 2001.
http://motherfuckingwebsite.com/
"Am I a joke to you?"
You have to scroll for miles to reach different sections.
I've had good experiences with GetSimple. It uses a flat-file structure, and there are lots of themes available.
Make it in markdown. There are plenty of ways to doing this or you can make your own. I personally like the marked library
Personally, I love Bludit as it is really simple, flat-file and perfect for blogging.
However, you could also look into WriteFreely if you want something with ActivityPub (= Fediverse). Feature wise very very plain and simple, but might noch give you most of the bells and whistles as other platforms would do it. Think of it as an alternative to "Medium".