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PSA: You can run Wordpress headlessly, there are libraries in a few languages which consume its API to help you render how you want.

You can hate PHP but Wordpress is king for non-technical users.

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There are also plugins that generate a static version of WordPress, so you can run it locally as a site generator and deploy static files anywhere you like.

Agreed on WordPress. In fact, I'm about to start working on the second edition of my book, Technical Blogging, and I will still recommend WordPress despite my audience being highly technical. (Of course, I'll discuss the alternatives as well.)

I'm much more likely to continue to update a site in my spare time if it's a static site on a managed service than if I have to keep on top of security updates for a web server and a CMS and a backing database and the operating system(s) underneath it all. It's just too much administration for something I mildly enjoy doing in the first place.

But your insistence that Wordpress (possibly as a static gen) is worth it has me interested. Where would you recommend I pick up a DRM-free copy of the first edition?

I definitely hear your concern and will be upfront on the pros and cons of each platform.

The DRM-free first edition is here: https://pragprog.com/book/actb/technical-blogging

> I'm about to start working on the second edition of my book, Technical Blogging

Great news!

I read your book in (I think 2012), and found it very useful.

I suspect I'll be buying the second edition.

Awesome. Thank you for your kind words. A lot has changed in 6 years and I learned much more as well. I'll ensure it's a worthwhile upgrade for those who read the first edition as well.

> I'll ensure it's a worthwhile upgrade for those who read the first edition as well.

Wonderful.

Is there a way for me to be notified once it comes out?

You can subscribe on https://technicalblogging.com and I will definitely announce it there. Alternatively, the publisher's newsletter on https://pragprog.com.

> You can hate PHP but Wordpress is king for non-technical users.

What if I enjoy using PHP, am very technical, hate Wordpress and my users tell me it's too hard? :D

This seems to more accurately represent the reality of the situation in my experience.

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