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Also the inverse though Things like Wordpress sound super simple - you don’t even need to code! But you do need to worry about managing an entire Apache serve
by lmpdev 1y ago
Also the inverse though
Things like Wordpress sound super simple - you don’t even need to code!
But you do need to worry about managing an entire Apache server, managing a crappy database, hardcoding bullshit in PHP, cronjobs, cloud deployment and the fact that almost all “features” of it like plugins and themes etc are massive security vulnerabilities
I think the pitfall to avoid ITT is that there’s a single source of maintenance effort - there are likely many!
- rglullis 1y agoIf the problem you are trying to solve is "I need to put content online and have a storefront for my product", there are plenty of hosting providers who will happily take care of all the headache from Wordpress for less than $10/month.
- lmpdev 1y agoI’m aware but the OP was about “Making websites” I was mainly providing an alternate example to “over-engineering is the only source of complexity” train of thought this thread largely has
- rglullis 1y agoTo me it seems like a distinction without a difference. If you can "make a website" by using a third-party provider but instead you opt into running wordpress on your own, you are still over-engineering.