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Grav
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Ask HN: What products other than Obsidian share the file over app philosophy?
There are flat-file CMSes (content management systems) like Grav: https://getgrav.org/
I guess, in some vague/broad sense, config-as-code systems also implement something similar? Maybe even OpenAPI schemas could count to some degree...?
In the old days, the "semantic web" movement was an attempt to make more webpages both human- and machine-readable indefinitely by tagging them with proper schema: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resource_Description_Framework. Even Google was on board for a while, but I guess it never saw much uptake. As far as I can tell it's basically dead now, both because of non-semantic HTML (everything as a React div), general laziness, and LLMs being able to parse things loosely.
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Side thoughts...
Philosophically, I don't know that capturing raw data alone as files is really sufficient to capture the nuances of any particular experience, or the overall zeitgeist of an era. You can archive Geocities pages, but that doesn't really capture the novelty and indie-ness of that era. Similarly, you can save TikTok videos, but absent the cultural environment that created them (and a faithful recreation of the recommendation algorithm), they wouldn't really show future archaeologists how teenagers today lived.
I worked for a natural history museum for a while, and while we were there, one of the interesting questions (well, to me anyway) was whether our web content was in and of itself worth preserving as a cultural artifact -- both so that future generations can see what exhibits were interesting/apropos for the cultures of our times, but also so they could see how our generation found out about those exhibitions to begin with (who knows what the Web will morph into 50 years later). It wasn't enough to simply save the HTML of our web pages, both because they tie into various other APIs and databases (like zoological collections) and because some were interactive experiences, like games designed to be played with a mouse (before phones were popular), or phone chatbots with some of our specimens. To really capture the experience authentically would've required emulating not just our tech stacks and devices, among other things.
Like for the earlier Geocities example, sure you could just save the old HTML and render it with a modern browser, but that's not the same as something like https://oldweb.today/?browser=ns3-mac#http://geocities.com/ , which emulates the whole OS and browser too. And that still isn't the same as having to sit in front of a tiny CRT and wait minutes for everything to download over a 14.4k modem, only to be interrupted when mom had to make a call.
I guess that's a longwinded of critiquing "file over app": It only makes sense for things that are originally files/documents to begin with. Much of our lives now are not flat docs but "experiences" that take much more thought and effort to archive. If the goal is truly to preserve that posterity, it's not enough to just archive their raw data, but to develop ways to record and later emulate entire experiences, both technological and cultural. It ain't easy!
- Soupault: A static website management tool
- Grav is a modern open-source flat-file CMS
- Grav β A Modern Flat-File CMS Using PHP and Markdown
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It Took Me a Decade to Find the Perfect Personal Website Stack β Ghost+Fathom
I took a more traditional approach, focusing on something that's "good enough", which in my case was a cheap VPS and an install of Grav: https://getgrav.org/
Some optional customization for page templates/fonts/CSS, some CI so I can build and deploy it inside of a Docker container, Matomo for analytics that respect privacy (which I already use elsewhere) and some additional web server configuration to hide anything interesting behind an additional login and I'm good. Maybe backups and uptime monitoring if I'm feeling brave, which is what most sites should also have (so copy + paste there).
All of that for under 100 euros per year (could also pay half of that if I didn't host anything else on the server), the blog has actually survived getting on the front page of HN once or twice and requires relatively little maintenance, at least a bit less than a proper install of WordPress, due to its larger surface area.
The best thing is that it's simple enough for me to understand how it works, to be able to move it anywhere as needed and use more or less plain Markdown for writing the blog posts. Here's a quick example of a recent post: https://blog.kronis.dev/articles/ever-wanted-to-read-thousan...
Now all that's left is to find motivation to write more, but at least 90% of my time doesn't go into tinkering with custom fancy solutions, no matter how much I'd love that. Then again, nothing wrong with the alternatives either: 400 euros might be perfectly worth it for some, whereas working with static site generators or even custom CMSes would be a fun experience for others!
- Grav: Modern, open-source, flat-file CMS
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Is it possible to convert a WordPress site into a static site that can still be easily edited?
I'd check out Grav. https://getgrav.org/
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Gravity - A new, open source DNS/DHCP server with Adblocking and inbuilt config replication
Also, there is a CMS called Grav. Both Gravity and Grav use a very similar (but not identical) font for their logo.
- Mercredi Tech - 2023-06-28
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website with unlimited pages ??
I would use a flat file cms like https://getgrav.org
KeystoneJS
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Open-Source Headless CMS in 2024
Keystone 6: The GraphQL Behemoth
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Is Prisma ORM ready for production?
Also, there are lots of exciting web frameworks that use Prisma as their default ORM layer (like RedwoodJS which is built by the founder of GitHub, Amplication which recently raised $6.6M in seed funding, Wasp (YC W21) or KeystoneJS) which should give you some more validation that Prisma is being used in a lot production applications :)
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Seeking advice on the best headless CMS for an expanding news site
KeystoneJS https://keystonejs.com
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Free CMS for Next js
https://keystonejs.com/ is a nice smaller alternative.
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10 Node.js Frameworks Every Developer Should Know
Keystone.js is a content management system and framework for creating server-side applications that interact with a database. It is based on the Express platform for Node.js and uses MongoDB for data storage. It is an alternative to CMS for web developers who want to create a data-driven website, but do not want to move to the PHP platform or too large systems such as WordPress.
- APITable open-source 500k lines code, the best Airtable alternative
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Help implementing Heroku Data For Redis (+bull & throng) / `ioredis`
I have a website I've built in nextjs frontend using keystonejs as a cms written in node.
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How do I implement Heroku background processes?
I have a working graphql server written in Keystone CMS and hosted on Heroku.
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which is best blog package to integrate in existing nextjs project?
Even you can use WordPress through their API, I would recommend you to try KeystoneJsKeystone Js CMS, as others suggested before, there are several headless CMSs but Keystone is totally free, open source and self hosted, you can even deploy on vercel. take a look
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Next.js+Wordpress or Next.js+Contentful?
The most ok alternative would probably be something like Keystone.
What are some alternatives?
Pico - Pico is a stupidly simple, blazing fast, flat file CMS.
Strapi - π Strapi is the leading open-source headless CMS. Itβs 100% JavaScript/TypeScript, fully customizable and developer-first.
october - Self-hosted CMS platform based on the Laravel PHP Framework.
Directus - The Modern Data Stack π° β Directus is an instant REST+GraphQL API and intuitive no-code data collaboration app for any SQL database.
Bolt - Bolt is a simple CMS written in PHP. It is based on Silex and Symfony components, uses Twig and either SQLite, MySQL or PostgreSQL.
AdminJS - AdminJS is an admin panel for apps written in node.js
Bludit - Simple, Fast, Secure, Flat-File CMS
ApostropheCMS - A full-featured, open-source content management framework built with Node.js that empowers organizations by combining in-context editing and headless architecture in a full-stack JS environment.
Nest - A progressive Node.js framework for building efficient, scalable, and enterprise-grade server-side applications with TypeScript/JavaScript π
GetSimple CMS - GetSimple CMS
Prisma - Next-generation ORM for Node.js & TypeScript | PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, SQL Server, SQLite, MongoDB and CockroachDB