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0 pointspdonis12y ago0 comments

I can see wanting to edit across multiple devices, sure, but that doesn't require an online editor, just an online location for files--something like Dropbox, or if you're concerned about keeping your data really private, a server that you control access to and can use to sync files. Then you can still use the most effective editor for each individual device, instead of being stuck inside the online editor's lowest common denominator.

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dkuntz212y ago

Right, but what if you're borrowing a computer. I completely agree, it's more private, but it might lose some of the ease of use.

I think a bug rain that things like Statemic and other databaseless systems are popular is because they kinda offer the best of both worlds: they have the online editor, and command line-less interface, the popular content management systems; and they have some of the simplicity of today's static site generators, namely the use of a simple markup language, and a last file system.

I see the appeal, and have visited considered building my own, but haven't because my existing Jekyll/custom python systems work fine for me right now.

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