Ask HN: What's the modern alternative to WordPress for a non-technical weblog?

It’s WordPress.

The reason it’s so popular is that it’s easy to use for non-technical users. Type in your content, add pictures and hit “Publish”. The latest drag & drop updates make it simple to change the look and feel of your site.

It doesn’t really matter what some developers think. Users don’t care what’s under the hood. They just want it to work.

Moved my decade old personal blog running on slow and bloated WP to a fast and light-weight Ghost (self-hosted). It's so much better, and a delight to write in its clean and simple editor.

Hiring a marketing firm or developer to do the changes when you ask. I kind of think of wordpress as the most basic complexity..

I use Craft, but WordPress would be perfectly suited for your needs.