Show HN: I built a Markdown and raw HTML blog platform scoring 99 on PageSpeed
Hello. I built a blogging platform on my own over two years. I like running my blog, but I couldn't find a blogging platform I really liked. First. I thought a blog had to be really lightweight. Fortunately, after a lot of effort, I was able to achieve satisfactory results. (99 to 100 score) Here is a sample blog: https://bloffy.bloffy.blog/en You can check it with PageSpeed Insights: https://pagespeed.web.dev/analysis?url=https://bloffy.bloffy... SEO score of the sample blog is low because I blocked it from search engine indexing (noindex). Second. I think bloggers should have control over their own blog. The blogging platforms I used had several problems. Unnecessary JavaScript chunks. Ads that the platform inserted into my blog, not my own ads. Cannot manage multiple blogs. An editor that makes it hard to write semantic markup. Limited customization options. I was dissatisfied with the difficulty of placing my own ads. And to solve this, I spent quite a long time researching and developing it on my own, and finally created it. I'm glad to share this launch with HN. I would appreciate any criticism, feedback, and interest.
Discussion Highlights (6 comments)
whattheheckheck
The images take up a lot of mobile screen space with low information
gazook89
The email I got for the confirmation step was entirely in Korean, just fyi. I shared bloffy with a few people I volunteer with, since we contribute to a side-by-side markdown/css editor with a live preview as well (though not for blogging). I think you should make clear that the "Translation" option, to create additional pages for translations, doesn't actually do the translation for you. It just creates a subpage for a translation. One annoying thing I'm finding is that iOS/MacOS autocorrects `bloffy` into `bloody` at every chance it gets.
amanzi
Is this a hosted solution? Open source? I can't tell from your website how you are solving this problem: "I think bloggers should have control over their own blog."
textlanes33
There's currently a bug that breaks sign-up on every language version of the site except English. If you'd like to sign up now, please use the English sign-up page and keep the site in English until you're done: https://bloffy.co/en/workspace/sign-up I'm fixing this right now.
CWhiting
The timing on this, given the PHP vulnerability news couldn't be better if you tried.
YmFzZTY0ZGFkZHk
Congrats on the launch! It takes courage to build something and share it publicly. Some feedback: 1. Let me build a blog post and let me see what it would look like before asking me to sign up. 2. Landing page is very technical. Most bloggers won't understand it. 3. From the landing page, it is unclear how your platform differs from your competitors. 4. You mention accessibility but your gif moves at the speed of a Tik Tok video. I personally find it jarring (maybe I'm old). Users with motion sensitivity will feel worse. 5. Sample page has leaked css. https://bloffy.bloffy.blog/en